Passover

See also: pass over

English

Alternative forms

Passeouer (obsolete spelling)
passover

Etymology

From the verbal phrase pass over. Coined by William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), the first translator of the Bible into modern English, as a calque of Hebrew פֶּסַח‎ (pésach).

Proper noun

Passover (plural Passovers)

The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed.
The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan 14), which 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 annual Sabbaths).
- Leviticus 23:5–6 (New American Standard Bible)
  ⁵ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. ⁶ Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. ⁷ On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. ⁸ But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the Lord. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.

Synonyms

(the multi-day feast or festival):

Feast of Matsot, Feast of Matzot (from Hebrew)
Feast of Unleavened Bread
Festival of Matsot, Festival of Matzot (from Hebrew)
Festival of Unleavened Bread

Derived terms

Christian Passover
First Passover
Jewish Passover
Lord's Passover
Passover feast
Passover lamb
Passover meal
Passover of the Jews
Passover of the Lord
Passover sacrifice
Passover seder
Second Passover

Translations

the one-day or multi-day biblical or Jewish festival

Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕚𐔴𐕣 (ṗasek)
Arabic: عِيد اَلْفِصْح اَلْيَهُودِيّ‎ m (ʿīd al-fiṣḥ al-yahūdiyy), عِيد اَلْفِصْح‎ m (ʿīd al-fiṣḥ)
Armenian: զատիկ (hy) (zatik), հրեական զատիկ (hreakan zatik)
Asturian: pascua f, Pésaj f
Bulgarian: Пасха f (Pasha)
Catalan: pasqua f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 逾越節, 逾越节 (jyu⁴ jyut⁶ zit³), 無酵節, 无酵节 (mou⁴ gaau³ zit³, mou⁴ haau¹ zit³), 除酵節, 除酵节 (ceoi⁴ gaau³ zit³, ceoi⁴ haau¹ zit³), 巴斯卦節, 巴斯卦节 (baa¹ si¹ gwaa³ zit³)
Hakka: 逾越節, 逾越节 (Yì-ye̍t-chiet), 除酵節, 除酵节 (Chhù-kau-chiet), 盤過節, 盘过节 (Phàn-ko-chiet), 無酵節, 无酵节 (Vù-kau-chiet)
Mandarin: 逾越節／逾越节 (zh) (Yúyuèjié), 無酵節／无酵节 (Wújiàojié, Wúxiàojié), 除酵節／除酵节 (Chújiàojié, Chúxiàojié), 巴斯卦節／巴斯卦节 (Bāsīguàjié)
Min Nan: 逾越節, 逾越节 (Jû-oa̍t-choeh, Jû-oa̍t-cheh, Lû-oa̍t-choeh, Lû-oa̍t-cheh), 無酵節, 无酵节 (Bô-kàⁿ-choeh, Bô-kàⁿ-cheh), 除酵節, 除酵节 (Tû-kàⁿ-choeh, Tî-kàⁿ-cheh), 盤過節, 盘过节 (Pôaⁿ-kè-choeh, Pôaⁿ-kòe-cheh)
Czech: pesach (cs) m
Danish: påske (da) c
Dutch: Paasfeest n
Esperanto: Pasko, Pesaĥo
Finnish: pesah, (juutalainen) pääsiäinen
French: Pâque (fr) f, Pessah (fr) m
Friulian: Pasche f
Galician: pascua f
Georgian: ფესახი (pesaxi), პასექი (ṗaseki)
German: Passah (de) n, Passahfest n, Passa (de) n, Passafest n, Pascha (de) n, Paschafest n, Pessach (de) n, Mazzotfest n
Greek: Πάσχα των Ιουδαίων n (Páscha ton Ioudaíon)
Ancient: Πάσχα n (Páskha)
Gujarati: પાસ્ખા ? (pāskhā)
Hausa: Ista
Hebrew: פֶּסַח‎ (he) m (pésakh)
Hindi: फसह ? (phasah)
Hungarian: pészah
Ido: Pasko (io)
Indonesian: Paskah
Irish: an Cháisc f, Cáisc na nGiúdach f
Italian: pasqua f, pasqua ebraica f
Japanese: 過越 (すぎこし, Sugikoshi)
Kannada: ಪಸ್ಕ (paska)
Khmer: បុណ្យរំលង (bon rumlɔɔng)
Korean: 유월절(逾越節) (ko) (Yuwoljeol)
Ladino:
Hebrew: פסח‎ ?, פיסה‎ ?
Latin: Pésah ?, Pesa ?
Latin: Pascha f, phase n
Malay: Paskah
Malayalam: പെസഹാ (pesahā)
Maori: Kapenga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: påske (no) m or f
Nynorsk: påske m or f
Old English: phase n, færeld m, færeldfrēols m
Persian: فصح‎ (fa) (fesh)
Plautdietsch: Passafast n
Polish: Pascha (pl) f
Portuguese: Pessach m, páscoa judaica f
Punjabi: ਪਸਾਹ ? (pasāh)
Romanian: Pesach n
Russian: Па́сха (ru) f (Pásxa), Пе́сах (ru) m (Pésax)
Scottish Gaelic: Càisg nan Iùdhach f
Spanish: pascua (es) f Pésaj (es) f
Swahili: Pasaka class 9
Swedish: påsk (sv) c
Tamil: பாஸ்கா (ta) (pāskā)
Telugu: పస్కా (paskā)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: Fısıh
Vietnamese: lễ Vượt Qua, lễ Quá Hải
Welsh: Pasg
Yiddish: פּסח‎ m (peysekh)
Zazaki: pesax

Anagrams

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