פֶּסַח
pesah (pesaḥ)
/PEH-sakh/
“Passover, protection sacrifice”
Passover, paschal lamb, festival commemorating Yahweh passing over blood-marked houses in Egypt; prime type of redemption by blood.
Lexical & Etymological Analysis
Root & Derivation
From פָּסַח (H6452) to pass over, spare.
Traditional English Renderings (KJV/AV)
passover
Septuagint (LXX) & New Testament Conceptual Bridges
Cross-Testament BridgeHow this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.
LXX conceptual translation: פֶּסַח (Passover, protection sacrifice) -> G3957
Key Biblical Occurrences (6)
Foundational passages where פֶּסַח (pesah) carries significant theological or narrative weight.