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ἑορτή

A festival

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ἑορτή G1859
Pronunciation heortḗ

What does ἑορτή (heortḗ) mean in the Bible?

ἑορτή (heortḗ) is a Greek word meaning "a festival". ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for חַג (chiefly), מוֹעֵד ;] a feast, festival: Luk.

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Meaning

a festival
Extended definition

A Jewish religious observance gathering, typically requiring pilgrimage to Jerusalem for ceremonial worship and celebration.

a feast, festival: Luk.2:42, Jhn.5:1, Jhn.6:4 Jhn.7:37, Col.2:10; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Luk.2:41, Jhn.13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Luk.22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, Jhn.7:2 (Deiss., LAE, 116); ἐν τ. ἑ., Mat.26:5, Mrk.14:2, Jhn.4:45 7:11 12:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), Jhn.2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), Jhn.13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., Jhn.4:45 7:8-10 11:56 12:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, Jhn.7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Mat.27:15, Mrk.15:6, Luk.23:17, R, mg.; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Act.18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Luk.2:42.

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Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 22:1 · John 5:1 · John 6:4 · John 7:2 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:42 · John 7:14 · John 7:37 · John 13:1 · Col 2:16 5×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 26:5 · Mark 14:2 · Luke 2:41 · John 2:23 · John 4:45 · John 7:11 · John 12:20 7×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:15 · Mark 15:6 · John 4:45 · John 7:8 · John 7:10 · John 11:56 · John 12:12 · John 13:29 9×
25 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Luke 2:41 feast heortḗ Dative · Singular · Feminine
Annual Jewish festival, specifically Passover, observed by devout families
John 7:2 feast heortḗ Nominative · Singular · Feminine
Major Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, drawing large crowds
John 7:14 feast heortḗ Genitive · Singular · Feminine
Festival in progress, marking the middle point of the celebration period
Matthew 27:15 feast heortḗ Accusative · Singular · Feminine
Customary festival occasion when Roman governor releases prisoner to crowd
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἑορτή · σκηνοπηγία G1859, G4634
festival of booths/tabernacles
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 7 — The Feast, the Divided Crowd, and the Living Water of Jesus

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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