ἑορτή heortē

Greek word for “festival” · Strong’s G1859 · used 25 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ; a feast, festival:;

How it is translated

Glosses given for heortē in context, with how often each is used:

• feast 24
• feast? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 7 (6), Luke 2 (2), John 12 (2), John 13 (2), Matthew 26 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 14 (1), Mark 15 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 2 (1)

Forms

• ἑορτῇ 7
• ἑορτήν 6
• ἑορτῆς 5
• ἑορτὴ 4
• ἑορτὴν 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with heortē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πάσχα pascha “Passover lamb” 5
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 6
• Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosoluma “Jerusalem” 4
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 4
• θόρυβος thorubos “commotion” 2
• δέσμιος desmios “prisoner” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 4
• ἐγγύς engus “near” 2
• ἔτος etos “year” 2
• ἀπολύω apoluō “to release” 2
• δοκέω dokeō “to think” 2
• ἱερόν hieros “temple” 2

Key verses

The verses using heortē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 26:5 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
• Luke 2:41 — Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
• Luke 22:1 — Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
• John 2:23 — Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
• John 6:4 — And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
• John 7:2 — Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
• John 7:10 — But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
• John 7:14 — Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
• John 7:37 — In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
• John 12:20 — And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
• John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own…
• Colossians 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.