Passover
Passover commemorates God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt.
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Easter
The day on which the Christian church commemorates our Saviour’s resurrection. Easter is a word of Saxon origin, and imports a goddess of the east. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
View overview sources
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
STANDARD STUDY · Resource Coverage 42/100
Follow the evidence
Move from the subject to its key Scripture, original-language evidence, and connected studies. The trail organizes research without deciding a theological conclusion.
1. Examine the Text2. Check the Context3. Test the Tradition4. Follow the Evidence5. Reach the Verdict
Study overview
Study at a glance
- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- G3957
- Greek
- πάσχα · páscha
Grafted biblical context
Concept articles connected to this study
Strong’s and original-language information
Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
πάσχα
- Transliteration
- páscha
- Language
- Greek
- Indexed occurrences
- 29
Glosses
Easter, Passover
Lexicon definition
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
Hebrew lexical coverage
No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry
The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.
Complete dictionary entries
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Easter
Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Act 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, "passover," is always used.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
EASTER
the day on which the Christian church commemorates our Saviour’s resurrection. Easter is a word of Saxon origin, and imports a goddess of the east. This goddess was Astarte, in honour of whom sacrifices were annually offered about the passover time of the year, the spring; and hence the Saxon name “æaster” became attached by association of ideas to the Christian festival of the resurrection.
Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
- Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Related UNLEARN Content3 items
Case File
Easter vs FirstFruits - Uncovering the True Resurrection Day | Let's Talk Biblical | Episode 14
Most Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on a holiday called Easter—but what if I told you Easter has more to do with pagan gods than the Messiah? What if the Bible gave u…
Open content →Book
Pesach
Open content →Dictionary
Easter
Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Act 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, "passover," is always used.
Open content →Save your study
Sign in to bookmark this study or add notes.