Dictionary entry

ἑορτή

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX for חַג (chiefly), מוֹעֵד;]

a feast, festival: Lk 2:42, Jo 5:16:47:37, Col 2:16; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Lk 2:41, Jo 13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Lk 22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, Jo 7:2 (Deiss., LAE, 116); ἐν τ. ἑ., Mt 26:5, Mk 14:2, Jo 4:457:1112:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), Jo 2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), Jo 13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., Jo 4:457:8, 1011:5612:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, Jo 7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Mt 27:15, Mk 15:6, Lk 23:17, R, mg.; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Ac 18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Lk 2:42.†