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ἑορτή

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greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine25 occurrences5 books23 verses

Definition

ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX for חַג (chiefly), מוֹעֵד ;]

a feast, festival: Luke 2:42, John 5:1, John 6:4, John 7:37, Colossians 2:10; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Luke 2:41, John 13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Luke 22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, John 7:2 (Deiss., LAE, 116); ἐν τ. ἑ., Matthew 26:5, Mark 14:2, John 4:45; 7:11; 12:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), John 2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), John 13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., John 4:45; 7:8-10; 11:56; 12:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, John 7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Matthew 27:15, Mark 15:6, Luke 23:17, R, mg.; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Acts 18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Luke 2:42.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἑορτή:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

25 total
  1. Matthew 26:5ἑορτῇ · feast
    “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
  2. Matthew 27:15ἑορτὴν · [the] feast
    Now it was the governor’s custom at the feast to release to the crowd a prisoner of their choosing.
  3. Mark 14:2ἑορτῇ · feast
    “But not during the feast,” they said, “or there may be a riot among the people.”
  4. Mark 15:6ἑορτὴν · [the] feast
    Now it was Pilate’s custom at the feast to release to the people a prisoner of their choosing.
  5. Luke 2:41ἑορτῇ · Feast
    Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
  6. Luke 2:42ἑορτῆς · Feast
    And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.
  7. Luke 22:1ἑορτὴ · Feast
    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
  8. John 2:23ἑορτῇ · Feast
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  9. John 4:45ἑορτῇ · feast; ἑορτήν · [there]
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  10. John 5:1ἑορτὴ · a feast
    Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  11. John 6:4ἑορτὴ · Feast
    Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
  12. John 7:2ἑορτὴ · Feast
    However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
  13. John 7:8ἑορτήν · feast; ἑορτὴν · feast
    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
  14. John 7:10ἑορτήν · feast
    But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  15. John 7:11ἑορτῇ · feast
    So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
  16. John 7:14ἑορτῆς · feast
    About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
  17. John 7:37ἑορτῆς · feast
    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  18. John 11:56ἑορτήν · feast
    They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
  19. John 12:12ἑορτήν · feast
    The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
  20. John 12:20ἑορτῇ · feast
    Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
  21. John 13:1ἑορτῆς · Feast
    It 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.
  22. John 13:29ἑορτήν · feast
    Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
  23. Colossians 2:16ἑορτῆς · a feast
    Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.