Festival
ἑορτήStrong’s G1859heortē
Appears in 25 verses of the New Testament
In short
Heortē is the Greek word usually translated “feast”. It appears in 25 verses of the New Testament.
“But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “feast”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- feast 26
- to a feast 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 15
- Luke 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Acts 1
- Colossians 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 27:15Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
- Mark 14:2But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
- Mark 15:6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
- Luke 2:41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
- Luke 2:42And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
- Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
Greek dictionary
ἑορτή heortē · festival
ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for חַג (chiefly), מוֹעֵד ;] a feast, festival: Luk.2:42, Jhn.5:1, Jhn.6:4 Jhn.7:37, Col.2:10; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Luk.2:41, Jhn.13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Luk.22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, Jhn.7:2 (Deiss., LAE, 116); ἐν τ. ἑ., Mat.26:5, Mrk.14:2, Jhn.4:45 7:11 12:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), Jhn.2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), Jhn.13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., Jhn.4:45 7:8-10 11:56 12:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, Jhn.7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Mat.27:15, Mrk.15:6, Luk.23:17, R, mg.; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Act.18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Luk.2:42.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “festival” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FES'TIVAL, adjective
[Latin festivus, from festus, or festum or fasti. See Feast.]
All definitions and other forms of “festival”
FES'TIVAL, noun
The time of feasting; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.