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Definition of Passover

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

Definition of Passover

1. n. A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb.

Definition of Passover

1. Proper noun. 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. ¹

2. Proper noun. The Christian holy day generally falling on the first day of the Jewish Passover ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Passover

1. the lamb eaten at the feast of a Jewish holiday [n -S]

Medical Definition of Passover

1. A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked with the blood of a lamb. The sacrifice offered at the feast of the passover; the paschal lamb. Origin: Pass + over. See Pasch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Literary usage of Passover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"that the passover always began on a Sunday and terminated on the 21st Nisan ... The after passover, Num. iv. 11, which was to be kept by such Israelites as ..."

2. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"The principal d»j for sacrificing the passover Chagigah wag the 15th of ... 13, " And they routed the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the ..."

3. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"The great argument from the Jewish sacraments, of the passover, and Circumcision, considered. God did expressly command all the nation of Israel to be ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"According to tradition, the first passover (" The passover of Egypt " ), was preordained by Moses at the command of God. The Israelites were commanded to ..."

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