πάσχα pascha

Greek word for “Passover lamb” · Strong’s G3957 · used 29 times in 27 verses

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Meaning

πάσχα, τό indecl. (Aram.

How it is translated

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

• passover 24
• passover lamb 3
• passover? 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 22 (6), Matthew 26 (4), Mark 14 (4), John 2 (2), John 18 (2), Luke 2 (1), John 6 (1), John 11 (1), John 12 (1), John 13 (1)

Forms

• πάσχα 29

Words used with it

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

• ἄζυμος azumos “unleavened” 6
• ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō “to make ready” 6
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 7
• ἑορτή heortē “festival” 5
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 7
• ἐγγύς engus “near” 4
• ποῦ pou “where?” 4
• πρό pro “before” 4
• μετά meta “with/after” 7
• θύω thuō “to sacrifice” 3
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 5
• κατάλυμα kataluma “guest room/inn” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 26:2 — Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
• Matthew 26:18 — And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
• Mark 14:1 — After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put…
• Mark 14:12 — And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat…
• 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 11:55 — And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
• 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…
• John 18:28 — Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be…
• John 19:14 — And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
• Acts 12:4 — And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth…
• 1 Corinthians 5:7 — Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
• Hebrews 11:28 — Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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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.