This word comes from the name of Passover.
Definition
πάσχα, τό indecl. (Aram. טַּסְחָא),
[in LXX for פֶּסַח ;]
1. the festival of the Passover: Matthew 26:2, Mark 14:1, Luke 22:1, John 2:13, 23; 6:4; 11:55; 12:1; 18:39; 19:14, Acts 12:4, Hebrews 11:28; .ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ π., Luke 2:41, John 13:1.
2. By meton.,
(a) the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τὸ π., Matthew 26:19, Mark 14:16, Luke 22:8, 13; ποιεῖν τό π., Matthew 26:18;
(b) the pasohal lamb: θύειν τό π. (Exodus 12:21), Mark 14:12, Luke 22:7; of Christ, 1 Corinthians 5:7; φαγεῖν τὸ π. (lamb or supper), Matthew 26:17, Mark 14:12, 14, Luke 22:11, 15, John 18:28 (cf. 2 Chronicles 30:17).
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
29 total
- Matthew 26:2πάσχα · Passover“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
- Matthew 26:17πάσχα · PassoverOn the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- Matthew 26:18πάσχα · PassoverHe answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
- Matthew 26:19πάσχα · PassoverSo the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
- Mark 14:1πάσχα · PassoverNow the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
- Mark 14:12 (2×)πάσχα · Passover lamb; πάσχα · PassoverOn the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
- Mark 14:14πάσχα · Passover…and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
- Mark 14:16πάσχα · PassoverSo the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.
- Luke 2:41πάσχα · PassoverEvery year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
- Luke 22:1Πάσχα · [the] PassoverNow the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
- Luke 22:7πάσχα · Passover lambThen came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
- Luke 22:8πάσχα · PassoverJesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
- Luke 22:11πάσχα · Passover…and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
- Luke 22:13πάσχα · PassoverSo they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.
- Luke 22:15πάσχα · PassoverAnd He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
- John 2:13πάσχα · PassoverWhen the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 2:23πάσχα · PassoverWhile He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
- John 6:4πάσχα · PassoverNow the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
- John 11:55 (2×)πάσχα · Passover; πάσχα · PassoverNow the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- John 12:1πάσχα · PassoverSix days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 13:1πάσχα · PassoverIt was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- John 18:28πάσχα · PassoverThen they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- John 18:39πάσχα · PassoverBut it is your custom that I release to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”
- John 19:14πάσχα · PassoverIt was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- Acts 12:4πάσχα · PassoverHe arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7πάσχα · Passover lambGet rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
- Hebrews 11:28πάσχα · PassoverBy faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.