Word Study · Strong's G3957 · Greek
πάσχα
pascha
pas'-khah
Strong's 1890 spelling: páscha
“the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
Rendered in the KJV as
Easter, Passover.
- 29occurrencesin the New Testament
- 7 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 29 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- πάσχα18
- πάσχα.3
- πάσχα.¶3
- πάσχα,2
- πάσχα;1
- πάσχα;¶1
- πάσχα·1
How it is rendered · 7
- Passover16
- Passover.5
- Passover lamb2
- Passover,2
- Passover?2
- Passover lamb.1
- Passover;1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular15
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular7
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular5
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASN · 15
- N-NSN-T · 7
- N-GSN · 5
- N-DSN · 2
All 29, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew4 occurrences
- Matthew 26:2πάσχαpaschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”here: Passover
- Matthew 26:17πάσχα;¶paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularOn 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?”here: Passover?
- Matthew 26:18πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularHe 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.’”here: Passover
- Matthew 26:19πάσχα.¶paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularSo the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.here: Passover.
Mark5 occurrences
- Mark 14:1πάσχαpaschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNow 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.here: Passover
- Mark 14:12πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularOn 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?”here: Passover lamb
- Mark 14:12πάσχα;paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularOn 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?”here: Passover?
- Mark 14:14πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularand 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?’here: Passover
- Mark 14:16πάσχα.¶paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularSo the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.here: Passover.
Luke7 occurrences
- Luke 2:41πάσχα.¶paschanoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularEvery year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.here: Passover.
- Luke 22:1πάσχα,paschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNow the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,here: Passover,
- Luke 22:7πάσχα.paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.here: Passover lamb.
- Luke 22:8πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularJesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”here: Passover
- Luke 22:11πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularand say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’here: Passover
- Luke 22:13πάσχα.paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularSo they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.here: Passover.
- Luke 22:15πάσχαpaschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularAnd He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.here: Passover
John10 occurrences
- John 2:13πάσχαpaschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularWhen the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.here: Passover
- John 2:23πάσχαpaschanoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularWhile He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.here: Passover
- John 6:4πάσχαpaschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNow the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.here: Passover
- John 11:55πάσχαpaschanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singularNow the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.here: Passover
- John 11:55πάσχαpaschanoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularNow the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.here: Passover
- John 12:1πάσχαpaschanoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularSix days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.here: Passover
- John 13:1πάσχαpaschanoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularIt 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.here: Passover
- John 18:28πάσχα.paschanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularThen 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.here: Passover.
- John 18:39πάσχα·paschanoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singularBut 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?”here: Passover;
- John 19:14πάσχα,paschanoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularIt was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”here: Passover,