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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 Box Mat 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2 - scitis quia post biduum pascha fiet et Filius hominis tradetur ut crucifigatur

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - prima autem azymorum accesserunt discipuli ad Iesum dicentes ubi vis paremus tibi comedere pascha

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 - at Iesus dixit ite in civitatem ad quendam et dicite ei magister dicit tempus meum prope est apud te facio pascha cum discipulis meis

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:19 - et fecerunt discipuli sicut constituit illis Iesus et paraverunt pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - erat autem pascha et azyma post biduum et quaerebant summi sacerdotes et scribae quomodo eum dolo tenerent et occiderent

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - et primo die azymorum quando pascha immolabant dicunt ei discipuli quo vis eamus et paremus tibi ut manduces pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - et quocumque introierit dicite domino domus quia magister dicit ubi est refectio mea ubi pascha cum discipulis meis manducem

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:16 - et abierunt discipuli eius et venerunt in civitatem et invenerunt sicut dixerat illis et praeparaverunt pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:41 - et ibant parentes eius per omnes annos in Hierusalem in die sollemni paschae

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:1 - adpropinquabat autem dies festus azymorum qui dicitur pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:7 - venit autem dies azymorum in qua necesse erat occidi pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8 - et misit Petrum et Iohannem dicens euntes parate nobis pascha ut manducemus

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - et dicetis patri familias domus dicit tibi magister ubi est diversorium ubi pascha cum discipulis meis manducem

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:13 - euntes autem invenerunt sicut dixit illis et paraverunt pascha

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - et ait illis desiderio desideravi hoc pascha manducare vobiscum antequam patiar

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:13 - et prope erat pascha Iudaeorum et ascendit Hierosolyma Iesus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:23 - cum autem esset Hierosolymis in pascha in die festo multi crediderunt in nomine eius videntes signa eius quae faciebat

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:4 - erat autem proximum pascha dies festus Iudaeorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - proximum autem erat pascha Iudaeorum et ascenderunt multi Hierosolyma de regione ante pascha ut sanctificarent se ipsos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - Iesus ergo ante sex dies paschae venit Bethaniam ubi fuerat Lazarus mortuus quem suscitavit Iesus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - ante diem autem festum paschae sciens Iesus quia venit eius hora ut transeat ex hoc mundo ad Patrem cum dilexisset suos qui erant in mundo in finem dilexit eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:28 - adducunt ergo Iesum a Caiapha in praetorium erat autem mane et ipsi non introierunt in praetorium ut non contaminarentur sed manducarent pascha

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - est autem consuetudo vobis ut unum dimittam vobis in pascha vultis ergo dimittam vobis regem Iudaeorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - erat autem parasceve paschae hora quasi sexta et dicit Iudaeis ecce rex vester

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - quem cum adprehendisset misit in carcerem tradens quattuor quaternionibus militum custodire eum volens post pascha producere eum populo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - expurgate vetus fermentum ut sitis nova consparsio sicut estis azymi etenim pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - fide celebravit pascha et sanguinis effusionem ne qui vastabat primitiva tangeret eos
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