πάσχα, τό (Chaldean τΔΜρΐηΘΰ, Hebrew τΖΜρΗη, from τΘΜρΗη, to pass over, to pass over by sparing; the Sept. also constantly use the Chaldean form πάσχα, except in 2 Chron. (and Jer_38:8 ()) where it is φασεκ; Josephus has φασκα, Antiquities 5, 1, 4; 14, 2, 1; 17, 9, 13; b. j. 2, 1, 3), an indeclinable noun (Winers Grammar, § 10, 2); properly, a passing over; 1. the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt), or 2. the paschal lamb, i. e. the lamb which the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of that day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door-posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings (Exo_12:1-51; Num_9:1-23; Deu_16:1-22): θύειν τό πάσχα (δΗτΖρΗη ωΘΡηΗθ), Mar_14:12; Luk_22:7, (Exo_12:21); Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb, 1Co_5:7; φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, Mat_26:17; Mar_14:12; Mar_14:14; Luk_22:11; Luk_22:15; Joh_18:28; δΘτΖρΗη ΰΘλΗμ, 2Ch_30:17 f. 3. the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τό πάσχα, Mat_26:19; Mar_14:16; Luk_22:8; Luk_22:13; ποιεῖν τό πάσχα to celebrate the paschal meal, Mat_26:18. 4. the paschal festival, the feast of Passover, extending from the fourteenth to the twentieth day of the month Nisan: Mat_26:2; Mar_14:1; Luk_2:41; Luk_22:1; Joh_2:13; Joh_2:23; Joh_6:4; Joh_11:55; Joh_12:1; Joh_13:1; Joh_18:39; Joh_19:14; Act_12:4; πεποίηκε τό πάσχα he instituted the Passover (of Moses), Heb_11:28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 272 (256); Buttmann, 197 (170)); γίνεται τό πάσχα the Passover is celebrated (R. V. cometh), Mat_26:2. (See BB. DD. under the word ; Dillmann in Schenkel iv., p. 392ff; and on the question of the relation of the Last Supper to the Jewish Passover, see (in addition to references in BB. DD. as above) Kirchner, die Jüdische Passahfeier u. Jesu letztes Mahl. Gotha, 1870; Keil, Com. über Matth., pp. 513-528; J. B. McClellan, The N. T. etc. i., pp. 473-494; but especially Schürer, Ueber φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, akademische Festschrift (Giessen, 1883).)

πάσχα pascha 29x the passover, the paschal lamb, Mat_26:17 ; Mar_14:12 ; met. used of Christ, the true paschal lamb, 1Co_5:7 ; the feast of the passover, the day on which the paschal lamb was slain and eaten, the 14th of Nisan, Mat_26:18 ; Mar_14:1 ; Heb_11:28 ; more genr. the whole paschal festival, including the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread, Mat_26:2 ; Luk_2:41 ; Joh_2:13 passover.

† πάσχα , τό , indecl . (Aram. θΜΗρΐηΘΰ ), [in LXX for H6453 ;] 1. the festival of the Passover: Mat_26:2 , Mar_14:1 , Luk_22:1 , Joh_2:13 ; Joh_2:23 ; Joh_6:4 ; Joh_11:55 ; Joh_12:1 ; Joh_18:39 ; Joh_19:14 , Act_12:4 , Heb_11:28 ; .ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ Papyri, Luk_2:41 , Joh_13:1 . 2. By meton ., (a) the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τὸ Papyri, Mat_26:19 , Mar_14:16 , Luk_22:8 ; Luk_22:13 ; ποιεῖν τό Papyri, Mat_26:18 ; (b) the pasohal lamb: θύειν τό Papyri ( Exo_12:21 ), Mar_14:12 , Luk_22:7 ; of Christ, 1Co_5:7 ; φαγεῖν τὸ Papyri (lamb or supper), Mat_26:17 , Mar_14:12 ; Mar_14:14 , Luk_22:11 ; Luk_22:15 , Joh_18:28 ( cf. 2Ch_30:17 ).†

πάσχα [page 497] the general transliteration in the LXX of τΖρΗη , is applied in the NT to (a) the paschal lamb ( Mar_14:12 , 1Co_5:7 ), or (b) the paschal supper ( Mar_14:1 ), or (c) the paschal festival as a whole ( Luk_22:1 ). For the form of the word see a note by Nestle in Exp T xxi. p. 521 f.

πάσχα [Etym: Hebrew word] the Hebrew "Passover" (from "pasach to pass over), the paschal supper", NTest.

πάσχα, τό indecl. (Aram. טַּסְחָא), [in LXX for פֶּסַח ;] __1. the festival of the Passover: Mat.26:2, Mrk.14:1, Luk.22:1, Jhn.2:13, 23 6:4 11:55 12:1 18:39 19:14, Act.12:4, Heb.11:28; .ἡ ἐορτὴ τοῦ π., Luk.2:41, Jhn.13:1. __2. By meton., __(a) the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τὸ π., Mat.26:19, Mrk.14:16, Luk.22:8, 13; ποιεῖν τό π., Mat.26:18; __(b) the pasohal lamb: θύειν τό π. (Exo.12:21), Mrk.14:12, Luk.22:7; of Christ, 1Co.5:7; φαγεῖν τὸ π. (lamb or supper), Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12, 14, Luk.22:11, 15, Jhn.18:28 (cf. 2Ch.30:17).† (AS)