John 11:55

Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Ἦν
G2258
ēn
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
  • I was, etc.
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
ἐγγὺς
G1451 ADV
engys
near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
  • near, of place and position
    • near
      • "those who are near access to God
      • Jews, as opposed to those who are alien from God and his blessings
        • "The Rabbis used the term ___%___to make nigh___%___ as equivalent to ___%___to make a proselyte___%___
    of time
    • of times imminent and soon to come pass
τὸ
G3588 T-NSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πάσχα
G3957 N-NSN
pascha
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
  • the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt)
    • "the paschal lamb, i.e., the lamb the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of the day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings; Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb"the paschal supper"the paschal feast, the feast of the Passover, extending from the 14th to the 20th day of the month Nisan
τῶν
G3588 T-GPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
Ἰουδαίων
G2453 A-GPM-PG
ioudaios
Judaean, i.e., belonging to Jehudah
  • Jewish, belonging to the Jewish race
    • "Jewish as respects to birth, race, religion
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἀνέβησαν
G305 V-2AAI-3P
anabainō
to go up (literally or figuratively)
  • ascend
    • to go up
      • "to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up
πολλοὶ
G4183 A-NPM
polys
(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
  • many, much, large
εἰς
G1519 PREP
eis
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
  • into, unto, to, towards, for, among
Ἱεροσόλυμα
G2414
hierosolyma
set ye double peace
Hierosolyma (i.e., Jerushalaim), the capitol of Palestine
  • denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants
    • "___%___the Jerusalem that now is___%___, with its present religious institutions, i.e., the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location"___%___Jerusalem that is above___%___, that is existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was supposed to be built
    • metaphorically ___%___the City of God founded by Christ___%___, now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom
    ___%___the heavenly Jerusalem___%___, that is the heavenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's return"___%___the New Jerusalem___%___, a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed
ἐκ
G1537 PREP
ek
a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct or remote)
  • out of, from, by, away from
τῆς
G3588 T-GSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
χώρας
G5561 N-GSF
chōra
room, i.e., a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
  • the space lying between two places or limits
    • "a region or country i.e., a tract of land
    • the (rural) region surrounding a city or village, the country
      • "the region with towns and villages which surround a metropolis
    land which is ploughed or cultivated, ground
πρὸ
G4253 PREP
pro
___%___fore___%___, i.e., in front of, prior (figuratively, superior) to
  • before
τοῦ
G3588 T-GSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
πάσχα
G3957 N-GSN
pascha
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
  • the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people's deliverance of old from Egypt)
    • "the paschal lamb, i.e., the lamb the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of the day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings; Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb"the paschal supper"the paschal feast, the feast of the Passover, extending from the 14th to the 20th day of the month Nisan
ἵνα
G2443 CONJ
hina
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
  • that, in order that, so that
ἁγνίσωσιν
G48 V-AAS-3P
hagnizō
to make clean, i.e., (figuratively) sanctify (ceremonially or morally)
  • ceremonially
    • to make pure, purify, cleanse
    morally
ἑαυτούς
G1438 F-3APM
heautou
(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc
  • himself, herself, itself, themselves

Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς
55
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:17

כִּֽי-רַבַּת בַּקָּהָל אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא-הִתְקַדָּשׁוּ וְהַלְוִיִּם עַל-שְׁחִיטַת הַפְּסָחִים לְכֹל לֹא טָהוֹר לְהַקְדִּישׁ לַֽיהוָֽה׃
17
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

Hebrews 9:13

εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα
13
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Genesis 35:2

וַיֹּאמֶר יַֽעֲקֹב אֶל-בֵּיתוֹ וְאֶל כָּל-אֲשֶׁר עִמּוֹ הָסִרוּ אֶת-אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר אֲשֶׁר בְּתֹֽכְכֶם וְהִֽטַּהֲרוּ וְהַֽחֲלִיפוּ שִׂמְלֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃
2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

John 2:13

Καὶ ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὁ Ἰησοῦς
13
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Exodus 19:10

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵךְ אֶל-הָעָם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּם הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר וְכִבְּסוּ שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃
10
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

John 12:1

Ὁ οὖν Ἰησοῦς πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα ἦλθεν εἰς Βηθανίαν ὅπου ἦν Λάζαρος Ὁ τεθνηκώς ὃν ἤγειρεν ἐκ νεκρῶν
1
Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

John 6:4

ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων
4
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

Mark 14:1

Ἦν δὲ τὸ πάσχα καὶ τὰ ἄζυμα μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας καὶ ἐζήτουν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς πῶς αὐτὸν ἐν δόλῳ κρατήσαντες ἀποκτείνωσιν·
1
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

Numbers 9:6

וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ טְמֵאִים לְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וְלֹֽא-יָכְלוּ לַֽעֲשֹׂת-הַפֶּסַח בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי אַֽהֲרֹן בַּיּוֹם הַהֽוּא׃
6
And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Ezra 3:1

וַיִּגַּע הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּֽעָרִים וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ הָעָם כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד אֶל-יְרֽוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
1
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Matthew 26:1

Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ
1
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,

John 18:28

Ἄγουσιν οὖν τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ Καϊάφα εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον· ἦν δὲ πρωίᾳ καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐκ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον ἵνα μὴ μιανθῶσιν ἀλλ' ἵνα φάγωσιν τὸ πάσχα
28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

1 Corinthians 11:28

δοκιμαζέτω δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἑαυτόν καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἄρτου ἐσθιέτω καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ποτηρίου πινέτω·
28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

Nehemiah 8:1

וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ כָל-הָעָם כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד אֶל-הָרְחוֹב אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַֽׁעַר-הַמָּיִם וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ לְעֶזְרָא הַסֹּפֵר לְהָבִיא אֶת-סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר-צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
1
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Exodus 12:11

וְכָכָה תֹּֽאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ מָתְנֵיכֶם חֲגֻרִים נַֽעֲלֵיכֶם בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם וּמַקֶּלְכֶם בְּיֶדְכֶם וַֽאֲכַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ בְּחִפָּזוֹן פֶּסַח הוּא לַֽיהוָֽה׃
11
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.

Job 1:5

וַיְהִי כִּי הִקִּיפוּ יְמֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה וַיִּשְׁלַח אִיּוֹב וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁם וְהִשְׁכִּים בַּבֹּקֶר וְהֶֽעֱלָה עֹלוֹת מִסְפַּר כֻּלָּם כִּי אָמַר אִיּוֹב אוּלַי חָֽטְאוּ בָנַי וּבֵרֲכוּ אֱלֹהִים בִּלְבָבָם כָּכָה יַֽעֲשֶׂה אִיּוֹב כָּל-הַיָּמִֽים׃
5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

John 5:1

Μετὰ ταῦτα ἦν ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα
1
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 13:1

Πρὸ δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα εἰδὼς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἐλήλυθεν αὐτοῦ ἡ ὥρα ἵνα μεταβῇ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἀγαπήσας τοὺς ἰδίους τοὺς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰς τέλος ἠγάπησεν αὐτούς
1
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

Psalms 26:6

אֶרְחַץ בְּנִקָּיוֹן כַּפָּי וַאֲסֹבְבָה אֶת-מִזְבַּחֲךָ יְהוָֽה׃
6
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:

James 4:8

ἐγγίσατε τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐγγιεῖ ὑμῖν καθαρίσατε χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλοί καὶ ἁγνίσατε καρδίας δίψυχοι
8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
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