John 6:4

ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
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
ἡ
G3588 T-NSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἑορτὴ
G1859 N-NSF
heortē
a festival
  • a feast day, festival
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

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

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,

John 11:55

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.

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.

Deuteronomy 16:1

שָׁמוֹר אֶת-חֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח לַֽיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽאָבִיב הוֹצִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם לָֽיְלָה׃
1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

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.

Leviticus 23:5

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ בֵּין הָֽעַרְבָּיִם פֶּסַח לַֽיהוָֽה׃
5
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.

Exodus 12:6

וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְשָֽׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַֽת-יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּין הָֽעַרְבָּֽיִם׃
6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

Leviticus 23:7

בַּיּוֹם הָֽרִאשׁוֹן מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַֽעֲשֽׂוּ׃
7
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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.
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