Word Study · Strong's H6453 · Hebrew
פֶּסַח
pesach
peh'-sakh
Strong's 1890 spelling: peçach
“a pretermission, i.e. exemption”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)
Rendered in the KJV as
passover (offering).
- 49occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 49 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- הַפֶּ֖סַח7
- הַפָּ֑סַח6
- הַפֶּ֔סַח4
- הַפָּֽסַח׃3
- פֶּ֖סַח3
- הַפֶּ֡סַח2
- הַפֶּ֛סַח2
- כַּפֶּ֣סַח2
- פֶּ֔סַח2
- פֶּ֛סַח2
- הַפֶּ֗סַח1
- הַפֶּ֧סַח1
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- the passover29
- a passover12
- for the passovers3
- like the passover2
- [is] a passover1
- passover1
- the passovers1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular29
- noun · masculine singular14
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural3
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ntmsa · 29
- HNtmsa · 14
- HRd/Ntmpa · 3
- HRd/Ntmsa · 2
- HTd/Ntmpa · 1
All 49, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles19 of 49 · 39%
- Numbers11 of 49 · 22%
- Exodus6 of 49 · 12%
- Deuteronomy4 of 49 · 8%
- 2 Kings3 of 49 · 6%
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Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 12:11פֶּ֥סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularThis is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.here: [is] a passover
- Exodus 12:21הַפָּֽסַח׃hapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.here: the passover
- Exodus 12:27פֶּ֨סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularyou are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.here: passover
- Exodus 12:43הַפָּ֑סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.here: the passover
- Exodus 12:48פֶסַח֮fesachnoun · masculine singularIf a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.here: a passover
- Exodus 34:25הַפָּֽסַח׃hapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularDo not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.here: the passover
Leviticus1 occurrence
Numbers11 occurrences
- Numbers 9:2הַפָּ֖סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.here: the passover
- Numbers 9:4הַפָּֽסַח׃hapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover,here: the passover
- Numbers 9:5הַפֶּ֡סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularand they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: the passover
- Numbers 9:6הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same dayhere: the passover
- Numbers 9:10פֶ֖סַחfesachnoun · masculine singular“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.here: a passover
- Numbers 9:12הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthey may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.here: the passover
- Numbers 9:13הַפֶּ֔סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.here: the passover
- Numbers 9:14פֶ֙סַח֙fesachnoun · masculine singularIf a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”here: a passover
- Numbers 9:14הַפֶּ֛סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIf a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”here: the passover
- Numbers 28:16פֶּ֖סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularThe fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.here: a passover
- Numbers 33:3הַפֶּ֗סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,here: the passover
Deuteronomy4 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 16:1פֶּ֔סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularObserve the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.here: a passover
- Deuteronomy 16:2פֶּ֛סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularYou are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.here: a passover
- Deuteronomy 16:5הַפָּ֑סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.here: the passover
- Deuteronomy 16:6הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularYou must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.here: the passover
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 5:10הַפֶּ֡סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.here: the passover
- Joshua 5:11הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.here: the passover
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 23:21פֶ֔סַחfesachnoun · masculine singularThe king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”here: a passover
- 2 Kings 23:22כַּפֶּ֣סַחkapesachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularNo such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.here: like the passover
- 2 Kings 23:23הַפֶּ֧סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBut in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.here: the passover
2 Chronicles19 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 30:1פֶּ֔סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularThen Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.here: a passover
- 2 Chronicles 30:2הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFor the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 30:5פֶּ֛סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularSo they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.here: a passover
- 2 Chronicles 30:15הַפֶּ֔סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 30:17הַפְּסָחִ֗יםhapesachimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralSince there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.here: the passovers
- 2 Chronicles 30:18הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularA large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyonehere: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:1פֶּ֖סַחpesachnoun · masculine singularThen Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.here: a passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:1הַפֶּ֔סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:6הַפָּ֑סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSlaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:7לַפְּסָחִים֒lapesachimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralFrom his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.here: for the passovers
- 2 Chronicles 35:8לַפְּסָחִ֗יםlapesachimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralHis officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.here: for the passovers
- 2 Chronicles 35:9לַפְּסָחִים֙lapesachimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralAdditionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.here: for the passovers
- 2 Chronicles 35:11הַפָּ֑סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:13הַפֶּ֛סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:16הַפֶּ֔סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:17הַפֶּ֖סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.here: the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:18פֶ֤סַחfesachnoun · masculine singularNo such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.here: a passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:18כַּפֶּ֣סַחkapesachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularNo such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.here: like the passover
- 2 Chronicles 35:19הַפֶּ֥סַחhapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIn the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.here: the passover
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 6:19הַפָּ֑סַחhapasachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularOn the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.here: the passover
- Ezra 6:20הַפֶּ֙סַח֙hapesachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAll the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.here: the passover