ἑορτήheortḗ
a festival
Greek (New Testament) · G1859
Meanings
a feast, festival: Luke 2:42, John 5:1, John 6:4, John 7:37, Colossians 2:16; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Luke 2:41, John 13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Luke 22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, John 7:2; ἐν τ. ἑ., Matthew 26:5, Mark 14:2, John 4:45, John 7:11, John 12:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), John 2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), John 13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., John 4:45, John 7:8, John 7:10, John 11:56, John 12:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, John 7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Matthew 27:15, Mark 15:6, Luke 23:17, R, margin; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Acts 18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Luke 2:42.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 25 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 26:5 “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
- Matthew 27:15 Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner to the crowd—anyone they wanted.
- Mark 14:2 “But not during the Passover celebration,” they agreed, “or the people may riot.”
- Mark 15:6 Now it was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one prisoner—anyone the people requested.
- Luke 2:41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.
- Luke 2:42 When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.