heortē · feast, festival

What it means

heortē (ἑορτή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “feast, festival”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One of Israel's yearly celebrations, like Passover.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• feast ×24
• festival ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• John×17
• Colossians×1

• Matthew 26:5

  But they were saying, “Not during the feast, so that there may not be an uproar among the people.”

• Matthew 27:15

  Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd one prisoner whom they wanted.

• Mark 14:2

  for they were saying, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar of the people.”

• Mark 15:6

  Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner, whomever they asked for.

• Luke 2:41

  And his parents used to go every year to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover.

• Luke 2:42

  And when he was twelve years old, as they went up according to the custom of the feast,

• Luke 22:1

  Now the feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near.

• John 2:23

  Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, seeing the signs that he was doing.

• John 4:45

  So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too had gone to the feast.

• John 5:1

  After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

• John 6:4

  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

• John 7:2

  Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

• John 7:8

  You go up to the feast; I am not going up to this feast, because my time has not yet been fulfilled.”

• John 7:10

  But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly but as it were in secret.

• John 7:11

  So the Jews were looking for him at the feast and saying, “Where is he?”

• John 7:14

  When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching.

• John 7:37

  Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

• John 11:56

  So they were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”

• John 12:12

  The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

• John 12:20

  Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

• John 13:1

  Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to pass out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.

• John 13:29

  For some thought that, since Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

• Colossians 2:16

  So let no one judge you in eating or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,

And 2 more times.