Passover

See also: pass over

English

Alternative forms

• Passeouer (obsolete spelling)
• passover

Etymology

Deverbal from pass over. Coined by William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), the first translator of the Bible into modern English, as a calque of Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh).

Proper noun

Passover (plural Passovers)

1. 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 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over 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 annual or yearly 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.

2. The seven-day (Reform Judaism) or eight-day (Orthodox and Conservative Judaism) Jewish festival of Pesach (also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (מַצּוֹת (matsót)), commemorating the biblical story of the Exodus.

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 (ʕīd al-fiṣḥ al-yahūdiyy), عِيد اَلْفِصْح m (ʕīd 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)

  Hokkien: 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)

  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)

• 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, Pessachfest 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), מַצּוֹת f pl (matsót)
• Hindi: फसह ? (phasah)
• Hungarian: pészah
• Ido: Pasko (io)
• Ilocano: Paskua
• 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 (pt) 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
• Tagalog: Paskuwa
• Tamil: பாஸ்கா (ta) (pāskā)
• Telugu: పస్కా (paskā)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Fısıh
• Urdu: فصح
• Vietnamese: lễ Vượt Qua, lễ Quá Hải
• Welsh: Pasg
• Yiddish: פּסח m (peysekh)
• Yoruba: Ìrékọjá
• Zazaki: pesax

See also

• paschal, Paschal
• Quartodeciman (“Fourteenther”)
• Quartodecimanism
• seder

Anagrams

• overpass