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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2 - Οἴδατε ὅτι μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας τὸ πάσχα G3957 γίνεται καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς τὸ σταυρωθῆναι
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:17 - Τῇ δὲ πρώτῃ τῶν ἀζύμων προσῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ Ἰησοῦ λέγοντες αὐτῷ Ποῦ θέλεις ἑτοιμάσωμέν σοι φαγεῖν τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 - δὲ εἶπεν Ὑπάγετε εἰς τὴν πόλιν πρὸς τὸν δεῖνα καὶ εἴπατε αὐτῷ διδάσκαλος λέγει καιρός μου ἐγγύς ἐστιν πρὸς σὲ ποιῶ τὸ πάσχα G3957 μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν μου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:19 - καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὡς συνέταξεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - Ἦν δὲ τὸ πάσχα G3957 καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας καὶ ἐζήτουν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς πῶς αὐτὸν ἐν δόλῳ κρατήσαντες ἀποκτείνωσιν·
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:12 - Καὶ τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν ἀζύμων ὅτε τὸ πάσχα G3957 ἔθυον λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ Ποῦ θέλεις ἀπελθόντες ἑτοιμάσωμεν ἵνα φάγῃς τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - καὶ ὅπου ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ εἴπατε τῷ οἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅτι διδάσκαλος λέγει Ποῦ ἐστιν τὸ κατάλυμά ὅπου τὸ πάσχα G3957 μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν μου φάγω
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:16 - καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ εὗρον καθὼς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:41 - Καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ κατ᾽ ἔτος εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:1 - Ἤγγιζεν δὲ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀζύμων λεγομένη πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:7 - Ἦλθεν δὲ ἡμέρα τῶν ἀζύμων ἐν ἔδει θύεσθαι τὸ πάσχα· G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8 - καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Πέτρον καὶ Ἰωάννην εἰπών Πορευθέντες ἑτοιμάσατε ἡμῖν τὸ πάσχα G3957 ἵνα φάγωμεν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - καὶ ἐρεῖτε τῷ οἰκοδεσπότῃ τῆς οἰκίας Λέγει σοι διδάσκαλος Ποῦ ἐστιν τὸ κατάλυμα ὅπου τὸ πάσχα G3957 μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν μου φάγω
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:13 - ἀπελθόντες δὲ εὗρον καθὼς εἰρήκεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Ἐπιθυμίᾳ ἐπεθύμησα τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα G3957 φαγεῖν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν πρὸ τοῦ με παθεῖν·
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:13 - Καὶ ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ πάσχα G3957 τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα Ἰησοῦς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:23 - Ὡς δὲ ἦν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐν τῷ πάσχα G3957 ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ θεωροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὰ σημεῖα ἐποίει·
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:4 - ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα G3957 ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:55 - Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα G3957 τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα G3957 ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:1 - οὖν Ἰησοῦς πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα G3957 ἦλθεν εἰς Βηθανίαν ὅπου ἦν Λάζαρος τεθνηκώς, ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Πρὸ δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα G3957 εἰδὼς Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐλήλυθεν αὐτοῦ ὥρα ἵνα μεταβῇ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἀγαπήσας τοὺς ἰδίους τοὺς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰς τέλος ἠγάπησεν αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:28 - Ἄγουσιν οὖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ Καϊάφα εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον· ἦν δὲ πρωίᾳ καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐκ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον ἵνα μὴ μιανθῶσιν ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα φάγωσιν τὸ πάσχα G3957
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - ἔστιν δὲ συνήθεια ὑμῖν ἵνα ἕνα ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω ἐν τῷ πάσχα· G3957 βούλεσθε οὖν ὑμῖν ἀπολύσω τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἰουδαίων
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - ἦν δὲ παρασκευὴ τοῦ πάσχα G3957 ὥρα δὲ ὡσεὶ ἕκτη καὶ λέγει τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις Ἴδε βασιλεὺς ὑμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - ὃν καὶ πιάσας ἔθετο εἰς φυλακήν παραδοὺς τέσσαρσιν τετραδίοις στρατιωτῶν φυλάσσειν αὐτόν βουλόμενος μετὰ τὸ πάσχα G3957 ἀναγαγεῖν αὐτὸν τῷ λαῷ
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - ἐκκαθάρατε οὖν τὴν παλαιὰν ζύμην ἵνα ἦτε νέον φύραμα καθώς ἐστε ἄζυμοι· καὶ γὰρ τὸ πάσχα G3957 ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐτύθη Χριστός
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - Πίστει πεποίηκεν τὸ πάσχα G3957 καὶ τὴν πρόσχυσιν τοῦ αἵματος ἵνα μὴ ὀλοθρεύων τὰ πρωτότοκα θίγῃ αὐτῶν
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