noun · neuter
pascha
Strong’sG3957
the feast of Passover, the Passover lamb
stem pasch-29 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
πάσχα is the Greek name for the Jewish festival of Passover, the annual feast 1234, sometimes referred to as "the feast of Passover" 1.
By extension the same word is used for the Passover meal eaten at that feast 13, and for the Passover lamb that was sacrificed and eaten at it 134, including a use of the term for Christ as the Passover lamb 1. Strong's adds that the word can denote the day or the special sacrifices connected with the festival as well as the meal itself, and notes "Easter" as an older English rendering alongside "Passover" 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
† πάσχα, τό, indecl. (Aram. טַּסְחָא),
[in LXX for פֶּסַח;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3957 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpas'-khah
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
Fromof Chaldee origin (compare );
King JamesEaster, Passover.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
indeclinable, the Hebrew “Passover” (from pāsa[hudot] 'pass over') or Paschal feast, LXX
2 paschal supper, NT
3 paschal lamb, θύειν τὸ π. LXX+NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | pascha7×πάσχα | pascha |
| of, belonging to genitive | pascha5×πάσχα | pascha |
| to, for dative | pascha2×πάσχα | pascha |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
29 occurrences, every one of them listed
pascha“passover”subject or objectdirect singular7×
Matthew 26:2Oidavē hoti meta duo hēmerain tem pascha genotō, kai tos huios tou anthrōpou …“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the …
Mark 14:1Ate de tem pascha kai teim azumeim meta duo hēmerain. …Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread …
Luke 22:1… tas heortas teiu azumeiu tas legorōntas Pascha.… Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
John 2:13Kai engus ate tem pascha toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainata eis Hierosolumeim …When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to …
John 6:4ate de engus tem pascha, tas heortas toiu Ioudaioiu.Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
John 11:55Ate de engus tem pascha toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainala pollois eis …Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went …
1 Corinthians 5:7… kathōs avō azumois. kai gar tem pascha nu thuita Christos;… you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
pascha“passover”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Luke 2:41… etem eis Ierousalēm ta heorta teu pascha.… Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
John 11:55… Hierosolumeim ek tau chōrau pro teu pascha hina hagnizaleia heautoin.… Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
John 12:1… oun Iēsus pro hex hēmeraiu teu pascha erchata eis Bēthanian, hopou ate Lazaros, …Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown …
John 13:1Pro de tau heortau teu pascha horarēntos tos Iēsus hoti erchata autou …It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His …
John 19:14ate de paraskevas teu pascha, hōras ate hōs hektas. kai legatō …… the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate …
pascha“passover”to, fordative singular2×
John 2:23… ate en tei Hierosolumei en te pascha en ta heorta, pollois pisteuala eis …… He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs …
John 18:39… hina henon apoluameia vi en te pascha; boulovō oun apoluameia vi ton basilevon …… to you one prisoner at the Passover. So then, do you want me …
pascha15×
Matthew 26:17… Pou thelasō hetoimazaneia si esthiara tem pascha?… prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Matthew 26:18… engus atō; pros sin poiamō tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu.… is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’”
Matthew 26:19… autoi tos Iēsus, kai hetoimazala tem pascha.… had directed them and prepared the Passover.
Mark 14:12… prōta hēmera teiu azumeiu, hote tem pascha thuale, legalō auto tois mathētois autou; …… Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples …
Mark 14:12… thelasō apercharantois hetoimazaneia hina esthiaseia tem pascha?… prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
Mark 14:14… atō tem katalumem mu hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?… room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
Mark 14:16… kathōs legata autoi, kai hetoimazala tem pascha.… had described. And they prepared the Passover.
Luke 22:7… teiu azumeiu, ha date thuorō tem pascha;… of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
Luke 22:8… Iōannon legarantos; Poreuirantois hetoimazavar ni tem pascha hina esthianeia.… preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
Luke 22:11… Pou atō tem katalumem hopou tem pascha meta toiu mathētoiu mu esthiameia?… room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
Luke 22:13… kathōs legatelē autoi, kai hetoimazala tem pascha.… told them. And they prepared the Passover.
Luke 22:15… pros autoin; Epithumia epithumama houtem tem pascha esthiara meta vu pro teu min …… have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.
John 18:28… hina mē mianileia alla esthialeia tem pascha.… defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
Acts 12:4… stratiōtoiu fulassarō auton, boulorōntos meta tem pascha anagara auton to lao.… out to the people after the Passover.
Hebrews 11:28pistia poiatē tem pascha kai tan proschusian teu haimeu, hina …By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so …