3957. pascha

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pascha: Passover

Original Word: πάσχα
Part of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable)
Transliteration: pascha
Pronunciation: PAHS-khah
Phonetic Spelling: (pas'-khah)
Definition: Passover
Meaning: the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Passover.

Of Chaldee origin (compare pecach); the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it) -- Easter, Passover.

see HEBREW pecach

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of Aramaic origin, cf. pesach
Definition
the Passover, the Passover supper or lamb
NASB Translation
Passover (29).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3957: πάσχα

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 ()) 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).)

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Of Aramaic origin, corresponding to the Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesach).

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • פֶּסַח (pesach) • Strong's Hebrew 6453: Refers to the Passover festival and the sacrificial lamb.

This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the term "πάσχα" within its biblical and theological contexts, illustrating its significance in both Jewish tradition and Christian belief.

Usage: The word "πάσχα" is used in the New Testament to refer to the Jewish Passover festival and the Passover meal. It is also used metaphorically to refer to Christ as the Passover lamb in Christian theology.

Context: The term "πάσχα" is central to both Jewish and Christian traditions. In the Jewish context, Passover is one of the most important feasts, instituted by God as a perpetual ordinance (Exodus 12:14). It commemorates the night when the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, sparing them from the plague of the firstborn, as described in Exodus 12. The festival involves the sacrifice of a lamb, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs.

In the New Testament, "πάσχα" is mentioned in the context of Jesus' final week in Jerusalem. The Gospels record that Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples, an event known as the Last Supper (Matthew 26:17-19, Mark 14:12-16, Luke 22:7-15). This meal is significant in Christian theology as it institutes the Lord's Supper or Communion, symbolizing the new covenant through Jesus' sacrifice.

The Apostle Paul explicitly connects Jesus to the Passover lamb, stating, "For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed" (1 Corinthians 5:7, BSB). This connection highlights the belief that Jesus' death and resurrection fulfill the typology of the Passover, offering deliverance from sin and death.

Forms and Transliterations

ΠΑΣΧΑ πάσχα PASCHA páscha

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 26:2 Aram
GRK: ἡμέρας τὸ πάσχα γίνεται καὶ
NAS: days the Passover is coming,
KJV: is [the feast of] the passover, and
INT: days the passover takes place and

Matthew 26:17 Aram
GRK: φαγεῖν τὸ πάσχα
NAS: for You to eat the Passover?
KJV: for thee to eat the passover?
INT: to eat the passover

Matthew 26:18 Aram
GRK: ποιῶ τὸ πάσχα μετὰ τῶν
NAS: I [am to] keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.'
KJV: I will keep the passover at
INT: I will keep the passover with the

Matthew 26:19 Aram
GRK: ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα
NAS: them; and they prepared the Passover.
KJV: and they made ready the passover.
INT: prepared the passover

Mark 14:1 Aram
GRK: ΔΕ ΤΟ ΠΑΣΧΑ καὶ τὰ
NAS: Now the Passover and Unleavened
KJV: was [the feast of] the passover, and
INT: moreover the passover and the

Mark 14:12 Aram
GRK: ὅτε τὸ πάσχα ἔθυον λέγουσιν
NAS: Bread, when the Passover [lamb] was being sacrificed,
KJV: they killed the passover, his
INT: when the Passover lamb they sacrificed say

Mark 14:12 Aram
GRK: φάγῃς τὸ πάσχα
NAS: for You to eat the Passover?
KJV: that thou mayest eat the passover?
INT: you might eat the passover

Mark 14:14 Aram
GRK: ὅπου τὸ πάσχα μετὰ τῶν
NAS: I may eat the Passover with My disciples?'
KJV: where I shall eat the passover with my
INT: where the passover with the

Mark 14:16 Aram
GRK: ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα
NAS: them; and they prepared the Passover.
KJV: and they made ready the passover.
INT: they prepared the passover

Luke 2:41 Aram
GRK: ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα
NAS: year at the Feast of the Passover.
KJV: year at the feast of the passover.
INT: feast of the passover

Luke 22:1 Aram
GRK: ἡ λεγομένη Πάσχα
NAS: Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
KJV: which is called the Passover.
INT: which [is] called Passover

Luke 22:7 Aram
GRK: θύεσθαι τὸ πάσχα
NAS: Bread on which the Passover [lamb] had
KJV: when the passover must
INT: to be killed the passover lamb

Luke 22:8 Aram
GRK: ἡμῖν τὸ πάσχα ἵνα φάγωμεν
NAS: and prepare the Passover for us, so
KJV: us the passover, that
INT: for us the passover that we might eat [it]

Luke 22:11 Aram
GRK: ὅπου τὸ πάσχα μετὰ τῶν
NAS: I may eat the Passover with My disciples?'
KJV: where I shall eat the passover with my
INT: where the passover with the

Luke 22:13 Aram
GRK: ἡτοίμασαν τὸ πάσχα
NAS: them; and they prepared the Passover.
KJV: and they made ready the passover.
INT: they prepared the passover

Luke 22:15 Aram
GRK: τοῦτο τὸ πάσχα φαγεῖν μεθ'
NAS: this Passover with you before
KJV: to eat this passover with you
INT: this passover to eat with

John 2:13 Aram
GRK: ἦν τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων
NAS: The Passover of the Jews was near,
KJV: And the Jews' passover was at hand,
INT: was the passover of the Jews

John 2:23 Aram
GRK: ἐν τῷ πάσχα ἐν τῇ
NAS: He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during
KJV: at the passover, in
INT: at the Passover at the

John 6:4 Aram
GRK: ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα ἡ ἑορτὴ
NAS: Now the Passover, the feast
KJV: And the passover, a feast of the Jews,
INT: near the passover the feast

John 11:55 Aram
GRK: ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων
NAS: Now the Passover of the Jews was near,
KJV: the Jews' passover was
INT: near the passover of the Jews

John 11:55 Aram
GRK: πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν
NAS: before the Passover to purify
KJV: before the passover, to
INT: before the passover that they might purify

John 12:1 Aram
GRK: ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα ἦλθεν εἰς
NAS: before the Passover, came
KJV: days before the passover came to
INT: days the passover came to

John 13:1 Aram
GRK: ΕΟΡΤΗΣ τοῦ πάσχα εἰδὼς ὁ
NAS: the Feast of the Passover, Jesus
KJV: the feast of the passover, when Jesus
INT: feast of the passover knowing

John 18:28 Aram
GRK: φάγωσιν τὸ πάσχα
NAS: but might eat the Passover.
KJV: that they might eat the passover.
INT: they might eat the passover

John 18:39 Aram
GRK: ἐν τῷ πάσχα βούλεσθε οὖν
NAS: someone for you at the Passover; do you wish
KJV: one at the passover: will ye therefore
INT: at the passover wish you therefore

Strong's Greek 3957
29 Occurrences

πάσχα — 29 Occ.