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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G3957 - Easter

Strong's No.:G3957

Greek:πάσχα

Transliteration:pascha

Phonetic:pas'-khah

Word Origin:Of Chaldee origin (compare [H6453])

Bible Usage:Easter Passover.

Part of Speech:Noun Neuter

Strongs
Definition:

the Passover (the meal the day the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)


Thayers
Definition:

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


Bible References:
Easter

Translation
Occurrences:
Easter ( 1 )
passover ( 28 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.