What does ἑορτάζω (heortázō) mean in the Bible?
ἑορτάζω (heortázō): To keep or celebrate a festival, emphasizing solemn religious observance rather than mere festivity
Greek · G1858
ἑορτάζω
To observe a festival
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ἑορτάζωG1858
Pronunciationheortázō
What does ἑορτάζω (heortázō) mean in the Bible?
ἑορτάζω (heortázō): To keep or celebrate a festival, emphasizing solemn religious observance rather than mere festivity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1858?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include let us keep the feast (1).
Where does ἑορτάζω (heortázō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 5:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itlet us keep the feast1×1 Corinthians 5:8
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First aligned row1 Corinthians 5:8
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
1 Corinthians1
Source forms
ἑορτάζωμεν1xheortazōmen1 Corinthians 5:8
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural1x1 Corinthians 5:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To keep or celebrate a festival, emphasizing solemn religious observance rather than mere festivity
Strong'sG1858
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to observe a festival
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To keep or celebrate a festival, emphasizing solemn religious observance rather than mere festivity
(ἑορτή), [in LXX for חָגַג ;] to keep festival: 1Co.5:8.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 5:8Verb First Person Plural Present Active Subjunctive
ἑορτάζωμεν,eortazwmen
I keep a feast
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups1Aligned forms1TensesPresentVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Subjunctivepossibility, probability, or purpose1×
Present Active1 Cor 5:81×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present1
Voice
active1
Mood
subjunctive1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἑορτάζω is built from this root: