Lexicon :: Strong's H6453 - pesaḥ

פֶּסַח

Transliteration

pesaḥ

Pronunciation

peh'-sakh

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From פָּסַח (H6452)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1786a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּסַח peçach, peh'-sakh; from H6452; a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim):—passover (offering).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6453 in the following manner: passover (46x), passover offerings (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 49x

The KJV translates Strong's H6453 in the following manner: passover (46x), passover offerings (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

passover
1. sacrifice of passover
2. animal victim of the passover
3. festival of the passover

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

פֶּסַח peçach, peh'-sakh; from H6452; a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim):—passover (offering).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H6453: Abbreviations

† פֶּ֫סַח noun masculine passover (usually (Thes and most) from I. פסח, with reference to Exodus 12:13 etc.; Reuss^{Geschichte. AT § 58} passing over into new year; Schaefer^{Passah-Mazzoth (1900), 346} compare Assyrian pašâḫu, soothe, placate [deity], < be soothed, Pi. transitive, Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 275} Zim^{Babylonian Rel. i (1896). Glossary; ii (1899), 92}; Schw^{Idiot, 124} from II. פסח, of sacred dance); — absolute פ׳ Exodus 12:11 +; פָּ֑סַח Exodus 12:21 +; plural פְּסָחִים 2 Chronicles 30:17 + 3 times; —

1. sacrifice of Passover, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (compare I. זֶבַח II. 2), הוא לי׳ זֶבַח פ׳ Exodus 12:27 (J), compare Exodus 12:11 (P); זָבַח פ׳ Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6; אבל הפ׳ 2 Chronicles 30:18; the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them: compare simile Babylonian rite of purification Zim^{ib. ii. 126-7.}

2. the animal victim of the passover: שׁחט פ׳ Exodus 12:21 (J) 2 Chron 30:15; 35:1; 35:6; 35:11; Ezra 6:20, compare 2 Chronicles 30:17; באשׁ בשׁל הפ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:13; לפסחים 2 Chronicles 35:7, 8, 9. [Passover animals (compare Br^Hex.206) were צאֹן flock Exodus 12:21 (J), שֶׁה Exodus 12:3; Exodus 12:4; Exodus 12:5, including כֶּבֶשׁ and עֵז Exodus 12:5 (P); צאן ובקר Deuteronomy 16:2; large numbers of all these (שֶׂה not used) in Josiah's Passover, active to 2 Chronicles 35:7, 8, 9, but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.]

3. festival of the passover : חג הפ׳ Exodus 34:25 (J); (ה)פ׳ Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 28:16; Numbers 33:3; Joshua 5:11 (P) Ezekiel 45:21; חֻקַּת הפ׳ Exodus 12:43; Numbers 9:12, 14 (P); עשׂה פ׳ Exodus 12:48; Numbers 9:2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 13, 14; Joshua 5:10 (P) Deuteronomy 16:1; 2 Kings 23:21, 22, 23; 2 Chronicles 30:1, 2, 5; 35:1, 16, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 35:19; Ezra 6:19; it was held in month הָאָבִיב Deuteronomy 16:1, בָּעָ֑רֶב Deuteronomy 16:6; on 14th day Joshua 5:10 (P), of 1st month Ezekiel 45:21; בֵּין הערבים (Exodus 12:6) Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:5 (P); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month Numbers 9:10, 12. [No reference to פֶּסַח in E; J subordinates it to מַצּוֺת (the great feast of J E); in D it predominates over מצות; P makes it first in importance (Br^Hex.195f.).]

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