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Lexicon :: Strong's G3957 - pascha

Aa
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:2 - “You know G6063 that after G3326 two G1417 days G2250 the Passover G3957 is coming G1096, and the Son G5207 of Man G444 is to be handed G3860 over G3860 for crucifixion G4717.”

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Now G1161 on the first G4413 day of [fn]Unleavened G106 Bread G106 the disciples G3101 came G4334 to Jesus G2424 and [fn]asked G3004, “Where G4226 do You want G2309 us to prepare G2090 for You to eat G2068 the Passover G3957?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:18 - And He said G3004, “Go G5217 into the city G4172 to a certain G1170 man G1170, and say G3004 to him, ‘The Teacher G1320 says G3004, “My time G2540 is near G1451; I am keeping G4160 the Passover G3957 at your house with My disciples G3101.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:19 - The disciples G3101 did G4160 as Jesus G2424 had directed G4929 them; and they prepared G2090 the Passover G3957.

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Now G1161 the Passover G3957 and Festival of Unleavened G106 Bread G106 were two G1417 days G2250 away G3326; and the chief G749 priests G749 and the scribes G1122 were seeking G2212 how G4459 to arrest G2902 Him covertly G1388 and kill G615 Him;

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On the first G4413 day G2250 of [fn]Unleavened G106 Bread G106, when G3753 [fn]the Passover G3957 lamb was being sacrificed G2380, His disciples G3101 *said G3004 to Him, “Where G4226 do You want G2309 us to go G565 and prepare G2090 for You to eat G2068 the Passover G3957?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:14 - and wherever G3699 G1437 he enters G1525, say G3004 to the owner G3617 of G3617 the G3617 house G3617, ‘The Teacher G1320 says G3004, “Where G4226 is My guest G2646 room G2646 in which G3699 I may eat G2068 the Passover G3957 with My disciples G3101?”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:16 - The disciples G3101 left G1831 and came G2064 to the city G4172, and found G2147 everything just G2531 as G2531 He had told G3004 them; and they prepared G2090 the Passover G3957.

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His parents G1118 went G4198 to Jerusalem G2419 every G2596 year G2094 at the Feast G1859 of the Passover G3957.

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Now G1161 the Feast G1859 of Unleavened G106 Bread G106, which is called G3004 the Passover G3957, was approaching G1448.

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Now G1161 the first day G2250 of Unleavened G106 Bread G106 came G2064, on which G3739 the Passover G3957 lamb had G1163 to be sacrificed G2380.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:8 - And so Jesus sent G649 Peter G4074 and John G2491, saying G3004, “Go G4198 and prepare G2090 the Passover G3957 for us, so G2443 that G2443 we may eat G2068 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:11 - “And you shall say G3004 to the owner G3617 of the house G3614, ‘The Teacher G1320 says G3004 to you, “Where G4226 is the guest G2646 room G2646 in which G3699 I may eat G2068 the Passover G3957 with My disciples G3101?”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:13 - And they left G565 and found G2147 everything just G2531 as G2531 He had told G3004 them; and they prepared G2090 the Passover G3957.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:15 - And He said G3004 to them, “I have eagerly G1939 desired G1937 to eat G2068 this G3778 Passover G3957 with you before G4253 I suffer G3958;

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The Passover G3957 of the Jews G2453 was near G1451, and Jesus G2424 went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem G2414.

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Now G1161 when G5613 He was in Jerusalem G2414 at the Passover G3957, during G1722 the feast G1859, many G4183 believed G4100 in His name G3686 as they observed G2334 His signs G4592 which G3739 He was doing G4160.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:4 - Now G1161 the Passover G3957, the feast G1859 of the Jews G2453, was near G1451.

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Now G1161 the Passover G3957 of the Jews G2453 was near G1451, and many G4183 went G305 up G305 to Jerusalem G2414 from the country G5561 prior G4253 to the Passover G3957, in G2443 order G2443 to G2443 [fn]purify G48 themselves G1438.

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Therefore G3767, six G1803 days G2250 before G4253 the Passover G3957, Jesus G2424 came G2064 to Bethany G963 where G3699 Lazarus G2976 was, whom G3739 Jesus G2424 had raised G1453 from the dead G3498.

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Now G1161 before G4253 the Feast G1859 of the Passover G3957, Jesus G2424, knowing G6063 that His hour G5610 had come G2064 that He would depart G3327 from this G3778 world G2889 to the Father G3962, having loved G25 His own G2398 who G3588 were in the world G2889, He loved G25 them [fn]to the end G5056.

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Then G3767 they *brought G71 Jesus G2424 from Caiaphas G2533 into the [fn]Praetorium G4232, and it was early G4404; and they themselves G846 did not enter G1525 the [fn]Praetorium G4232, so G2443 that G2443 they would not be defiled G3392, but might eat G2068 the Passover G3957.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - “However, you have a custom G4914 that I release G630 one G1520 prisoner [fn]for you at the Passover G3957; therefore G3767 do you wish G1014 that I release G630 [fn]for you the King G935 of the Jews G2453?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - Now G1161 it was the day G3904 of G3904 preparation G3904 for the Passover G3957; it was about G5613 the [fn]sixth G1623 hour G5610. And he *said G3004 to the Jews G2453, “Look G2396, your King G935!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:4 - When he had arrested G4084 him, he put G5087 him in prison G5438, turning G3860 him over G3860 to four G5064 [fn]squads G5069 of soldiers G4757 to guard G5442 him, intending G1014 only after G3326 the Passover G3957 to bring G321 him before the people G2992.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:7 - Clean G1571 out G1571 the old G3820 leaven G2219 so G2443 that G2443 you may be a new G3501 lump G5445, just G2531 as G2531 you are in fact unleavened G106. For Christ G5547 our Passover G3957 also G2532 has been sacrificed G2380.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - By faith G4102 he [fn]kept G4160 the Passover G3957 and the sprinkling G4378 of the blood G129, so G2443 that G2443 the destroyer G3639 of the firstborn G4416 would not touch G2345 them.
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