festival
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
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)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Female
Definition:
ἑορτ-ή, in
Ionic dialect Prose
ὁρτή (so [
Refs 5th c.BC+], probably in Ion Trag.21, but ἑορτή [
Refs 6th c.BC+], ἡ,
feast, festival, holiday, ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρτὴν ἄγειν keep
a feast,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) generally,
holiday-making, amusement, pastime, παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτῆς χάριν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) proverbial, κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκειν to have come the day after
the fair, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτά every day's
a holiday to those who don't work, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4)
assembled multitude at a festival, ὄχλος καὶ ἑ. καὶ στρατὸς καὶ πλῆθος [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
heh-or-tay'
Morphhology:
Noun Feminine
Definition:
a festival; feast, holyday; of uncertain affinity;