passover
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Passover¹
- /ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə/ UK
- /ˈpæs-/ UK
- /ˈpæsˌoʊvəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
Deverbal from pass over as a calque of Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “to pass over”) (see sense 1), coined by the English Biblical scholar and linguist William Tyndale (c. 1494 – 1536), in his 1530 translation of Exodus 12 of the Bible, the first in modern English: see the quotation. Displaced native Old English færeld.
proper noun Passovers · Passeover · passover
- The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib or Nisan 14), during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or yearly Sabbaths). And they ſhall take of the bloud ãd ſtrike it on the .ij. ſyde poſtes ãd on the vpper dor poſt of the houſes, whereĩ they eate hĩ. […] [I]t is the Lordes paſſeouer, for I will go aboute ĩ the lãde of Egipte this ſame nyghte, ãd will ſmyte all the firſtborne in the lande of Egipte: both of mã ãd beeſ
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Synonym of Last Supper (“the meal that Jesus Christ ate with his disciples on the night before his death”).
Similar: Last Supper
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Synonym of Paschal Lamb (“Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice for the sins of humankind”).
Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a nevve lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Chriſt our Paſſeouer is ſacrificed for vs.
Similar: Paschal Lamb
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The seven-day (in Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), commemorating the Biblical story of the Exodus.
["][W]e are to be rewarded for our pains by eating passover cakes." / "What are they?" / "Festival bread of the Hebrews, made in the new moon, with the milk of he-goats."
Similar: Feast of Matsot, Feast of Matzot, Festival of Matsot, Festival of Matzot, Festival of Unleavened Bread
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Synonym of Paschal Lamb (“the lamb traditionally eaten during Pesach”); also, the meal at which this lamb is eaten.
Then came the day of vnleauened bread, when the Paſſeouer muſt be killed. And he [Jesus] ſent Peter and John, ſaying, Goe and prepare vs the Paſſeouer, that we may eate.
Similar: Paschal Lamb
- A lamb which was sacrificed during the original Passover (sense 1). And Moſes called for the elders off Iſrael and ſayde vnto them: chouſe out and take to euery houſholde a ſhepe, ãd [and] kyll paſſeouer.
- A major festival or observance. And thus the Lords Paſſover, vvhich vve commonly call Eaſter, vvas order'd by the Canon-Lavv to be celebrated every Year on a Sunday, othervviſe ſtiled the Lord's-Day; becauſe our Lord on that Day of the VVeek, roſe from the Dead, and appear'd among his Diſciples: […] [T]he Angel of the Lord appear'
passover²
proper noun passovers
- Alternative letter-case form of Passover
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pesach, pesah, seder, easter, pascha, pasch, pesakh, haggadah, haggada, haroseth, omer, paschal pardon, hagigah, afikomen, leil shimurim, karpas
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name one-day Biblical feast or festival during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; Jewish fe
| Español | pascua judía, Pésaj, Pesaj |
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| 한국어 | 유월절 Yuwoljeol |
| 日本語 | 過越 Sugikoshi |
| 中文 | 巴斯卦節 /巴斯卦节 Bāsīguàjié, 除酵節 /除酵节 Chújiàojié, Chúxiàojié, 無酵節 /无酵节 Wújiàojié, Wúxiàojié, 逾越節 /逾越节 Yúyuèjié |
| हिन्दी | फ़सह fasah |
| Kiswahili | Pasaka |
| Português | páscoa judaica, Pessach |
| Français | Pâque, Pessah |
| Deutsch | Pascha, Paschafest, Passa, Passafest, Passah, Passahfest |
| Italiano | pasqua, pasqua ebraica |
| Ελληνικά | Πάσχα των Ιουδαίων Páscha ton Ioudaíon |
| Română | Pesach |
| Русский | Па́сха Pásxa, Пе́сах Pésax |
| Tiếng Việt | lễ Quá Hải, lễ Vượt Qua |
| العربية | الفَاسِخ al-fāsiḵ, عِيد اَلْفِصْح ʕīd al-fiṣḥ, عِيد اَلْفِصْح اَلْيَهُودِيّ ʕīd al-fiṣḥ al-yahūdiyy |
| עברית | פֶּסַח pésaẖ, חַג הַמַּצּוֹת ẖag hammatsót |
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title = {passover},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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