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Lexicon :: Strong's G3957 - pascha

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πάσχα
Transliteration
pascha (Key)
Pronunciation
pas'-khah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin cf פֶּסַח (H6453)
mGNT
29x in 1 unique form(s) TR
29x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
29x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:896,797

Strong’s Definitions

πάσχα páscha, pas'-khah; of Chaldee origin (compare H6453); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it):—Easter, Passover.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G3957 in the following manner: Passover (28x), Easter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G3957 in the following manner: Passover (28x), Easter (1x).

  1. the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt)

  2. the paschal lamb, i.e. the lamb the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of the day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings; Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb

  3. the paschal supper

  4. the paschal feast, the feast of the Passover, extending from the 14th to the 20th day of the month Nisan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πάσχα páscha, pas'-khah; of Chaldee origin (compare H6453); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it):—Easter, Passover.
STRONGS G3957:
πάσχα, τό (Chaldean פִּסְחָא, Hebrew פֶּסַח, from פָּסַח, to pass over, to pass over by sparing; the Sept. also constantly use the Chaldean form πάσχα, except in 2 Chron. (and Jeremiah 38:8 (Jeremiah 31:8)) where it is φασεκ; Josephus has φασκα, Antiquities 5, 1, 4; 14, 2, 1; 17, 9, 13; b. j. 2, 1, 3), an indeclinable noun (Winers Grammar, § 10, 2); properly, a passing over;
1. the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt), or
2. the paschal lamb, i. e. the lamb which the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of that day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door-posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings (Exodus 12; Numbers 9; Deuteronomy 16): θύειν τό πάσχα (הַפֶסַח שָׁחַט), Mark 14:12; Luke 22:7, (Exodus 12:21); Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb, 1 Corinthians 5:7; φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:12, 14; Luke 22:11, 15; John 18:28; הָפֶסַח אָכַל, 2 Chronicles 30:17f.
3. the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τό πάσχα, Matthew 26:19; Mark 14:16; Luke 22:8, 13; ποιεῖν τό πάσχα to celebrate the paschal meal, Matthew 26:18.
4. the paschal festival, the feast of Passover, extending from the fourteenth to the twentieth day of the month Nisan: Matthew 26:2; Mark 14:1; Luke 2:41; Luke 22:1; John 2:13, 23; John 6:4; John 11:55; John 12:1; John 13:1; John 18:39; John 19:14; Acts 12:4; πεποίηκε τό πάσχα he instituted the Passover (of Moses), Hebrews 11:28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 272 (256); Buttmann, 197 (170)); γίνεται τό πάσχα the Passover is celebrated (R. V. cometh), Matthew 26:2. (See BB. DD. under the word ; Dillmann in Schenkel iv., p. 392ff; and on the question of the relation of the Last Supper to the Jewish Passover, see (in addition to references in BB. DD. as above) Kirchner, die Jüdische Passahfeier u. Jesu letztes Mahl. Gotha, 1870; Keil, Com. über Matth., pp. 513-528; J. B. McClellan, The N. T. etc. i., pp. 473-494; but especially Schürer, Ueber φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, akademische Festschrift (Giessen, 1883).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
12; 12:21
Numbers
9
Deuteronomy
16
2 Chronicles
30:17
Jeremiah
31:8; 38:8
Matthew
26:2; 26:2; 26:17; 26:18; 26:19
Mark
14:1; 14:12; 14:12; 14:14; 14:16
Luke
2:41; 22:1; 22:7; 22:8; 22:11; 22:13; 22:15
John
2:13; 2:23; 6:4; 11:55; 12:1; 13:1; 18:28; 18:39; 19:14
Acts
12:4
1 Corinthians
5:7
Hebrews
11:28

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3957 matches the Greek πάσχα (pascha),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2 - Ye know G1492 that G3754 after G3326 two G1417 days G2250 is G1096 the feast of the passover, G3957 and G2532 the Son G5207 of man G444 is betrayed G3860 to G1519 be crucified. G4717

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:19 - And G2532 the disciples G3101 did G4160 as G5613 Jesus G2424 had appointed G4929 them; G846 and G2532 they made ready G2090 the passover. G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - After G1161 two G1417 days G2250 was G2258 the feast of the passover, G3957 and G2532 of G3326 unleavened bread: G106 and G2532 the chief priests G749 and G2532 the scribes G1122 sought G2212 how G4459 they might take G2902 him G846 by G1722 craft, G1388 and put him to death. G615

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - And G2532 the first G4413 day G2250 of unleavened bread, G106 when G3753 they killed G2380 the passover, G3957 his G846 disciples G3101 said G3004 unto him, G846 Where G4226 wilt thou G2309 that we go G565 and prepare G2090 that G2443 thou mayest eat G5315 the passover? G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - And G2532 wheresoever G3699 G1437 he shall go in, G1525 say ye G2036 to the goodman of the house, G3617 G3754 The Master G1320 saith, G3004 Where G4226 is G2076 the guestchamber, G2646 where G3699 I shall eat G5315 the passover G3957 with G3326 my G3450 disciples? G3101

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:41 - Now G2532 his G846 parents G1118 went G4198 to G1519 Jerusalem G2419 every G2596 year G2094 at the feast G1859 of the passover. G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:1 - Now G1161 the feast G1859 of unleavened bread G106 drew nigh, G1448 which is called G3004 the Passover. G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:7 - Then G1161 came G2064 the day G2250 of unleavened bread, G106 when G1722 G3739 the passover G3957 must G1163 be killed. G2380

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8 - And G2532 he sent G649 Peter G4074 and G2532 John, G2491 saying, G2036 Go G4198 and prepare G2090 us G2254 the passover, G3957 that G2443 we may eat. G5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - And G2532 ye shall say G2046 unto the goodman G3617 of the house, G3614 The Master G1320 saith G3004 unto thee, G4671 Where G4226 is G2076 the guestchamber, G2646 where G3699 I shall eat G5315 the passover G3957 with G3326 my G3450 disciples? G3101

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:13 - And G1161 they went, G565 and found G2147 as G2531 he had said G2046 unto them: G846 and G2532 they made ready G2090 the passover. G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And G2532 he said G2036 unto G4314 them, G846 With desire G1939 I have desired G1937 to eat G5315 this G5124 passover G3957 with G3326 you G5216 before G4253 I G3165 suffer: G3958

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:13 - And G2532 the Jews' G2453 passover G3957 was G2258 at hand, G1451 and G2532 Jesus G2424 went up G305 to G1519 Jerusalem, G2414

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:23 - Now G1161 when G5613 he was G2258 in G1722 Jerusalem G2414 at G1722 the passover, G3957 in G1722 the feast G1859 day, many G4183 believed G4100 in G1519 his G846 name, G3686 when they saw G2334 the miracles G846 G4592 which G3739 he did. G4160

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:4 - And G1161 the passover, G3957 a feast G1859 of the Jews, G2453 was G2258 nigh. G1451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - And G1161 the Jews' G2453 passover G3957 was G2258 nigh at hand: G1451 and G2532 many G4183 went G305 out of G1537 the country G5561 up G1519 to Jerusalem G2414 before G4253 the passover, G3957 to G2443 purify G48 themselves. G1438

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Then G3767 Jesus G2424 six G1803 days G2250 before G4253 the passover G3957 came G2064 to G1519 Bethany, G963 where G3699 Lazarus G2976 was G2258 which G3588 had been dead, G2348 whom G3739 he raised G1453 from G1537 the dead. G3498

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Now G1161 before G4253 the feast G1859 of the passover, G3957 when Jesus G2424 knew G1492 that G3754 his G846 hour G5610 was come G2064 that G2443 he should depart G3327 out of G1537 this G5127 world G2889 unto G4314 the Father, G3962 having loved G25 his own G2398 which G3588 were in G1722 the world, G2889 he loved G25 them G846 unto G1519 the end. G5056

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:28 - Then G3767 led they G71 Jesus G2424 from G575 Caiaphas G2533 unto G1519 the hall of judgment: G4232 and G1161 it was G2258 early; G4405 and G2532 they themselves G846 went G1525 not G3756 into G1519 the judgment hall, G4232 lest G3363 they should be defiled; G3392 but G235 that G2443 they might eat G5315 the passover. G3957

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - But G1161 ye G5213 have G2076 a custom, G4914 that G2443 I should release G630 unto you G5213 one G1520 at G1722 the passover: G3957 will ye G1014 therefore G3767 that I release G630 unto you G5213 the King G935 of the Jews? G2453

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - And G1161 it was G2258 the preparation G3904 of the passover, G3957 and G1161 about G5616 the sixth G1623 hour: G5610 and G2532 he saith G3004 unto the Jews, G2453 Behold G2396 your G5216 King! G935

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - And G3739 G2532 when he had apprehended G4084 him, he put G5087 him in G1519 prison, G5438 and delivered G3860 him to four G5064 quaternions G5069 of soldiers G4757 to keep G5442 him; G846 intending G1014 after G3326 Easter G3957 to bring G321 ➔ him G846 forth G321 to the people. G2992

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - Purge out G1571 therefore G3767 the old G3820 leaven, G2219 that G2443 ye may be G5600 a new G3501 lump, G5445 as G2531 ye are G2075 unleavened. G106 For G1063 even G2532 Christ G5547 our G2257 passover G3957 is sacrificed G2380 for G5228 us: G2257

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - Through faith G4102 he kept G4160 the passover, G3957 and G2532 the sprinkling G4378 of blood, G129 lest G3363 he that destroyed G3645 the firstborn G4416 should touch G2345 them. G846
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