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pascha G3957

πάσχα (pascha) means “Passover lamb” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πάσχα Greek · G3957 29 tagged occurrences in 27 verses

Pronunciation guide: pas'-khah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3957

πάσχα · pascha · Passover lamb

πάσχα, τό indecl. (Aram. טַּסְחָא), [in LXX for פֶּסַח ;] 1. the festival of the Passover: Mat.26:2, Mrk.14:1, Luk.22:1, Jhn.2:13, 23 6:4 11:55 12:1 18:39 19:14, Act.12:4, Heb.11:28; .ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ π., Luk.2:41, Jhn.13:1. 2. By meton., (a) the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τὸ π., Mat.26:19, Mrk.14:16, Luk.22:8, 13; ποιεῖν τό π., Mat.26:18; (b) the pasohal lamb: θύειν τό π. (Exo.12:21), Mrk.14:12, Luk.22:7; of Christ, 1Co.5:7; φαγεῖν τὸ π. (lamb or supper), Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12, 14, Luk.22:11, 15, Jhn.18:28 (cf. 2Ch.30:17).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb.

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How translators render G3957

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
passover 25
passover lamb 3
the passover 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the passover 20
passover 4
of the passover 3
easter 1

Verses containing G3957

Page 1 of 1. 27 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

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  2. Matthew 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On 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?”

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  3. Matthew 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He 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.’”

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  4. Matthew 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

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  5. Mark 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now 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.

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  6. Mark 14:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    On 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?”

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  7. Mark 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?’

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  8. Mark 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

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  9. Luke 2:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

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  10. Luke 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,

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  11. Luke 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

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  12. Luke 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

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  13. Luke 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?’

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  14. Luke 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they went and found it just as Jesus had told them. And they prepared the Passover.

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  15. Luke 22:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

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  16. John 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  17. John 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

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  18. John 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

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  19. John 11:55 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

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  20. John 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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  21. John 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  22. John 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then 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.

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  23. John 18:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But 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?”

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  24. John 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”

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  25. Acts 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He 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.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Get 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.

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  27. Hebrews 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

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