Passover

pass over English 2026 April 1 thumb|An 1881 engraving depicting God’s destroying angel passing over the home of a Jewish family eating a Passover meal (en biblical feast) of a sacrificed lamb, upon seeing the door frame smeared with the lamb’s blood. In the absence of this sign, the angel killed every firstborn person or animal in each household. The event, the tenth Plague of Egypt, is recorded in Exodus 11–12 of the Bible. Etymology en ine-pro *peth₂-en ine upér en pass over as a en he פֶּסַח pésakh to pass over 1 (see en biblical feast),n 9913760961 March 2026 1; n en William Tyndale the English Biblical scholar and linguist 1 (1494 1 – 1536), in his 1530 translation of Exodus 12 of the Bible, the first in modern English: see the quotation. Displaced native ang færeld. Pronunciation en /ˈpɑːsˌəʊvə/ /ˈpæs-/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Passover.wav Southern England en /ˈpæsˌoʊvəɹ/ GA en Pass o ver Proper noun s en also attributive en biblical feasten biblical Judaism The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib or Nisan 14), during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or yearly Sabbaths). Exodus 12 7, 12–13 xix 1 And they ſhall take of the bloud ãd ſtrike it on the .ij. ſyde poſtes ãd on the vpper dor poſt of the houſes, whereĩ they eate hĩ. [I]t is the Lordes paſſeouer, for I will go aboute ĩ the lãde of Egipte this ſame nyghte, ãd will ſmyte all the firſtborne in the lande of Egipte: both of mã ãd beeſt, ãd apõ al the goddes off Egipte will I the Lorde do execution. And the bloude ſhall be vnto you a tokẽ vppon the houſes where in ye are, for whẽ I ſe the bloude, I will paſſe ouer you, ãd the plage ſhall not be vppõ you to deſtroye you, when I ſmyte the londe off Egipte. And they shall take of the blood of the slaughtered lamb and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they eat him. [I]t is the Lord's passover, for I will go about in the land of Egypt this same night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: both of man and beast, and upon all the gods of Egypt will I the Lord do execution. And the blood shall be unto you a token upon the houses wherein ye are, for when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. Leviticus 23 4–6 M 210 2 Theſe are the feaſtes of the Lord, euen holy conuocations, which ye ſhall proclaime in their ſeaſons. In the fourteenth day of the firſt moneth at euen, is the Lords Paſſeouer. And on the fifteenth day of the ſame moneth, is the feaſt of vnleauened bread vnto the Lord: ſeuen dayes ye muſt eate vnleauened bread. 1740 [The Life of Faith, Exemplified in the Eleventh Chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews.] Verses XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII. X 17 By Faith he Moses ſlevv the Typick Lamb, / And kept the Paſſover of God: / He knevv from VVhom its Virtue came, / The Saving Povver of ſprinkled Blood. en by extension en Christianity en Last Supper the meal that Jesus Christ ate with his disciples on the night before his death. en figurative en Paschal Lamb Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice for the sins of humankind. 1 Corinthians V 7 78 Purge out therefore the olde leauen, that ye may be a nevve lumpe, as ye are vnleauened: for Chriſt our Paſſeouer is ſacrificed for vs. Actus 8, Scena Tertia 782–783 783 But let all vvho have any ſparkes of ſobriety, temperance or grace vvithin them, abominate theſe unchriſtian Chriſtmas extravagancies: And thereupon reſolving, to purge out all this old leaven, (of dancing, dicing, healthing, Playes and riot) that ſo they may be a nevv lumpe, becauſe Chriſt their Paſſeover is novv ſacrificed for them: casting avvay all theſe vvorkes of darkneſſe, and putting on the armour of light: A quotation of 1 Corinthians 5:7. en Judaism The seven-day (in Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (he מַצּוֹת matsót), commemorating the Biblical story of the Exodus. en Feast of Matsot<q:from Hebrew> Feast of Matzot ; Festival of Matsot<q:from Hebrew> Festival of Matzot Festival of Unleavened Bread III V 201 "[W]e are to be rewarded for our pains by eating passover cakes." / "What are they?" / "Festival bread of the Hebrews, made in the new moon, with the milk of he-goats." 19 April 2014 w:Mark Oppenheimer Let them drink chocolate https://web.archive.org/web/20220616224825/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/opinion/sunday/let-them-drink-chocolate.html Right now, my family's special collision of vegetarianism and Judaism necessitates a good bit of chocolate. But when Passover ends, that doesn't mean we should put the chocolate cake, or the chocolate milk, away. en Paschal Lamb the lamb traditionally eaten during Pesach; also, the meal at which this lamb is eaten. Luke 22 7–8 [H6] 1 1313 1 Then came the day of vnleauened bread, when the Paſſeouer muſt be killed. And he Jesus ſent Peter and John, ſaying, Goe and prepare vs the Paſſeouer, that we may eate. John XVIII 134 Then led they Jeſus from Caiaphas, unto the houſe of Pilate; and it vvas early, even before day, and they themſelves vvent not into the houſe of that heathen governour, leſt they ſhould be defiled by going in thither; as being carefull to keepe themſelves from all legall pollution, that they might bee capable of eating the Paſſover. A paraphrase of John 18:28. Ave 3 43 And through His Jesus' boyhood, year by year / Eating with Him the Passover, / Didst thou Mary discern confusedly / That holier sacrament, when He, / The bitter cup about to quaff, / Should break the bread and eat thereof?— en obsolete A lamb which was sacrificed during the original Passover (en biblical feast). Exodus 12 21 xix And Moſes called for the elders off Iſrael and ſayde vnto them: chouſe out and take to euery houſholde a ſhepe, ãd and kyll paſſeouer. en figurative A major festival or observance. Of Easter, and the Celebration thereof 236 And thus the Lords Paſſover, vvhich vve commonly call Eaſter, vvas order'd by the Canon-Lavv to be celebrated every Year on a Sunday, othervviſe ſtiled the Lord's-Day; becauſe our Lord on that Day of the VVeek, roſe from the Dead, and appear'd among his Diſciples: [T]he Angel of the Lord appear'd unto Hermes in the Habit of a Shepherd, and declar'd to him, by vvay of Command, that all Perſons vvere to celebrate the Lord's Paſſover on the Lord's-Day; and this Meſſage, or Order, he communicated to the ſaid Pope Pius I. en 1775 James Adair Argument VI. They Count Time after the Manner of the Hebrews. The History of the American Indians; particularly those Nations Adjoining to the Missisippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia:Containing an Account of Their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and Civil Customs, Laws, Form of Government, Punishments, Conduct in War and Domestic Life, Their Habits, Diet, Agriculture, Manufactures, Diseases and Method of Cure, and Other Particulars, Sufficient to Render It a Complete Indian System. With Observations on Former Historians, the Conduct of Our Colony Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, &c. Also an Appendix, Containing a Description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi Lands, with Their Productions—the Benefits of Colonising Georgiana, and Civilizing the Indians—and the Way to Make All the Colonies More Valuable to the Mother Country. With a New May of the Country Referred to in the History. London Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly,in the Poultry. 76–77 https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica01adai/page/77/mode/1up 13932077 And by the firſt name he אביב Avív, the Indians, as an explicative, term their paſſover, vvhich the trading people call the green-corn dance. Alternative forms en Passeover obsolete en passover Derived terms en passoverish Translations one-day Biblical feast or festival during which the firstborn sons of the Israelites were passed over by God while those of the Egyptians were killed; Jewish festival of Pesach Aghwan: xag 𐕗𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕣 Arabic: ar الفَاسِخ m, ar عِيد اَلْفِصْح m, ar عِيد اَلْفِصْح اَلْيَهُودِيّ m Armenian: hy պասեք, hy հրեական զատիկ, hy զատիկ Asturian: ast pascua f, ast Pésaj f Bukhari: bhh pisho Bulgarian: bg Па́сха f Catalan: ca pasqua f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴斯卦節 baa1 si1 gwaa3 zit3, yue 除酵節 ceoi4 gaau3 zit3, ceoi4 haau1 zit3, yue 逾越節, yue 無酵節 mou4 gaau3 zit3, mou4 haau1 zit3 Hakka: hak 逾越節 Yì-ye̍t-chiet, hak 除酵節 Chhù-kau-chiet, hak 盤過節 Phàn-ko-chiet, hak 無酵節 Vù-kau-chiet Hokkien: nan-hbl 無酵節 Bô-kàⁿ-choeh, Bô-kàⁿ-cheh, nan-hbl 逾越節 Jû-oa̍t-choeh, Jû-oa̍t-chiat, nan-hbl 盤過節 Pôaⁿ-kè-choeh, Pôaⁿ-kòe-cheh, nan-hbl 除酵節 Tû-kàⁿ-choeh, Tî-kàⁿ-cheh Mandarin: cmn 巴斯卦節 Bāsīguàjié, cmn 除酵節 Chújiàojié, Chúxiàojié, cmn 無酵節 Wújiàojié, Wúxiàojié, cmn 逾越節 Czech: cs pesach m Danish: da påske c Dutch: nl Paasfeest n, nl Pesach n Esperanto: eo Pasko, eo Pesaĥo Finnish: fi pesah, fi (juutalainen) pääsiäinen French: fr Pâque f, fr Pessah m Friulian: fur Pasche f Galician: gl pascua f Georgian: ka პასექი, ka ფესახი German: de Pascha n, de Paschafest n, de Passa n, de Passafest n, de Passah n, de Passahfest n, de Pessach n, de Pessachfest n, de Mazzotfest n Greek: el Πάσχα των Ιουδαίων n Ancient Greek: grc Πάσχα n Gujarati: gu પાસ્ખા ? Hausa: ha Ista Hebrew: he פֶּסַח m pésaẖ, he חַג הַמַּצּוֹת m ẖag hammatsót Hindi: hi फ़सह m Hungarian: hu pászka, hu pészah Ido: io Pasko Ilocano: ilo Paskua Indonesian: id Paskah Irish: ga Cáisc f an Cháisc, ga Cáisc na nGiúdach f Italian: it pasqua f, it pasqua ebraica f Japanese: ja 過越 すぎこし, Sugikoshi Judeo-Tat: Latin: jdt Nisonu Cyrillic: jdt Нисону Kannada: kn ಪಸ್ಕ Khmer: km បុណ្យរំលង Korean: ko ^유월절(逾越節) Ladino: Hebrew: lad פיסה ?, lad פסח ? Latin: lad Pesa ?, lad Pésah ? Latin: la Pascha f, la phase n Malay: ms Paskah Malayalam: ml പെസഹാ Māori: mi Kapenga Norwegian: Bokmål: nb påske m f Nynorsk: nn påske m f Old English: ang phase n, ang Dryhtnes færeld, ang færeld m, ang færeldfrēols m Persian: fa فصح fesh Plautdietsch: pdt Passafast n Polish: pl Pascha f Portuguese: pt páscoa judaica f, pt Pessach m Punjabi: pa ਪਸਾਹ ? Romanian: ro Pesach n Russian: ru Па́сха f, ru Пе́сах m Scottish Gaelic: gd Càisg nan Iùdhach f Spanish: es pascua judía f, es Pésaj f, es Pesaj Swahili: sw Pasaka 9 Swedish: sv påsk c Tagalog: tl Paskuwa Tamil: ta பாஸ்கா Telugu: te పస్కా Thai: th ปัสคา bpàt-sà-kaa Turkish: tr Fısıh, tr Hamursuz Bayramı Urdu: ur فصح ? Vietnamese: vi lễ Quá Hải, vi lễ Vượt Qua Welsh: cy Pasg Yiddish: yi פּסח m peysekh Yoruba: yo Ìrékọjá Zazaki: zza pesax synonym of Last Supper Last Supper synonym of Paschal Lamb Paschal Lamb See also en paschal, en Paschal en Quartodeciman en Quartodecimanism en seder References Further reading Passover (disambiguation) Anagrams en aeoprssv overpass en phrasal nouns en Festivals