The celebration of the Jewish people's freedom from Egyptian bondage that took place approximately 3,500 years ago, as told in the first fifteen chapters of the biblical Book of Exodus. The c [..]

1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the I [..]

Passover [N] [B] [S]the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites ( Ex [..]

weeklong Jewish festival marking the exodus of ancient Jews from slavery in Egypt. Also called Pesach.

Holiday commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. The holiday also marks the beginning of the harvest season.

The Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jew's liberation from slavery in Egypt. The holiday, which lasts for eight days, requires all Jews to place themselves spiritually in the shoes of their a [..]

(Exodus 12:29) The passing over by the Angel of the Lord, which caused the deaths of the firstborn in Egypt. This Angel is the Velikovskian comet/Venus which passed near (hit? bounced atmospheres?) the earth and caused destruction before it became a planet with a stable orbit. It is also Hathor, who was sent by Ra to destroy mankind, in the Egyptia [..]

the first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites celebrated in the month Nisan (March-April, from the 14th to the 21st. (Strictly speaking the Passover only applied to the paschal suppe [..]

the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the fir [..]

(n) (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

A major Jewish holiday commemorating the freedom of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt under the leadership of Moses, who was directed by God. The account is found in Exodus, the second book of the [..]

The Jewish ceremony that celebrates the exodus of the Jews from slavery in Egypt through powerful miracles from God. In Christianity, Jesus Christ, the true lamb of God died on Passover and so allow [..]

A holy day celebrated in the spring to commemorate the exodus of the Jews from Egypt.

Annual feast commemorating the deliverance of the firstborn in Egypt when the angel of death took all those who did not have blood on the doorpost.

Originally probably a spring festival of nomadic tribes, it came to celebrate the Israelites’ Exodus from slavery in Egypt. The name comes from the action of the angel of death who “passed over” the h [..]

The eight-day Jewish festival of Pesach, commemorating the biblical story of Exodus, during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed. T [..]