Bible Vocabulary

Word Forms

These forms come from “passover” and change to fit the sentence.

  • passoverbase form
  • passoversplural

passover

noun

WEB 78 appearances

KJV 77 appearances

The Passover is a special special time of remembrance for God's people. It honors how God saved them and passed over their houses in Egypt.

Biblical Usage

God told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover every year. They ate a special meal with a lamb to remember how God set them free from Egypt. In the New Testament, Jesus and His disciples celebrated this special meal together.

WEB Representative Scriptures

that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’”
Exodus 12:27 (WEB)
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God; for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Deuteronomy 16:1 (WEB)
His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
Luke 2:41 (WEB)

KJV Representative Scriptures

¶ And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
Exodus 12:11 (KJV)
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Exodus 12:27 (KJV)
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians 5:7 (KJV)