πάσχαpáscha
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
Greek (New Testament) · G3957
Meanings
1. the festival of the Passover: Matthew 26:2, Mark 14:1, Luke 22:1, John 2:13, John 2:23, John 6:4, John 11:55, John 12:1, John 18:39, John 19:14, Acts 12:4, Hebrews 11:28.ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ π., Luke 2:41, John 13:1.
2. By by metonymy
(a) the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τὸ π., Matthew 26:19, Mark 14:16, Luke 22:8, Luke 22:13; ποιεῖν τό π., Matthew 26:18
(b) the pasohal lamb: θύειν τό π. (Exodus 12:21), Mark 14:12, Luke 22:7; of Christ, 1 Corinthians 5:7; φαγεῖν τὸ π. (lamb or supper), Matthew 26:17, Mark 14:12, Mark 14:14, Luke 22:11, Luke 22:15, John 18:28 (cf. 2 Chronicles 30:17).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 26:2 “As you know, Passover begins in two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
- Matthew 26:17 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
- Matthew 26:18 “As you go into the city,” he told them, “you will see a certain man. Tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.’”
- Matthew 26:19 So the disciples did as Jesus told them and prepared the Passover meal there.
- Mark 14:1 It was now two days before Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The leading priests and the teachers of religious law were still looking for an opportunity to capture Jesus secretly and kill him.
- Mark 14:12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go to prepare the Passover meal for you?”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.