Bible Dictionary: Celebration

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The act, process, or time of celebrating.

Greek

1077. genesia -- a birthday celebration
... a birthday celebration. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: genesia Phonetic
Spelling: (ghen-es'-ee-ah) Short Definition: a birthday celebration ...
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1062. gamos -- a wedding
... 1062 -- properly, a wedding celebration; (figuratively) the Marriage Supper of the
Lamb which begins with Christ glorifying all the saints (OT, NT) at His ...
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21. agalliao -- to exult, rejoice greatly
... of joy. 21 (from , "much, very" and 242 , "jump, leap") -- properly, getting
so in celebration; to () because . Word Origin from ...
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2810. Kleopas -- Cleopas, a Christian
... Word Origin abb. for Kleopatros (Cleopatros, "celebration of the father") Definition
Cleopas, a Christian NASB Word Usage Cleopas (1). Cleopas. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Psalm 150:1-6
Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
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Matthew 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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Matthew 2:11
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.
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Strong's Hebrew

1974. hillul -- a rejoicing, praise
... merry, praise. From halal (in the sense of rejoicing); a celebration of thanksgiving
for harvest -- merry, praise. see HEBREW halal. 1973, 1974. hillul. 1975 ...
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Library

For the Centenary Celebration
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CCLXXII. For the Centenary Celebration. HYMN CCLXXII.
For the Centenary Celebration, August 13, 1827, of the ...
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For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848
... For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. 8.6.8.6 James
Montgomery. For the Jubilee Celebration of the Religious Tract Society, 1848. ...
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How Titus Upon the Celebration of his Brothers and Fathers ...
... CHAPTER 3. How Titus Upon The Celebration Of His Brothers And Fathers
Birthdays Had Many Of The Jews Slain. Concerning The Danger ...
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Of the Disagreement Respecting the Celebration of Easter.
... Book III. Chapter V."Of the Disagreement respecting the Celebration of Easter.
But before this time another most virulent disorder ...
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Death of Licinius, and Celebration of the Event.
... Book II. Chapter XVIII."Death of Licinius, and Celebration of the Event.
He then proceeded to deal with this adversary of God ...
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Celebration of Constantine's Decennalia.
... The Life of the blessed emperor constantine, by eusebius pamphilus. Book
I. Chapter XLVIII."Celebration of Constantine's Decennalia. ...
/.../chapter xlviii celebration of constantines decennalia.htm

Whether the Defects Occurring During the Celebration of this ...
... OF THE RITE OF THIS SACRAMENT (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the defects occurring during
the celebration of this sacrament can be sufficiently met by observing the ...
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Of the Scenic Plays, the Celebration of which the Gods have ...
... Book IV. Chapter 26."Of the Scenic Plays, the Celebration of Which the Gods
Have Exacted from Their Worshippers. "But," says Cicero ...
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Sermon at the Faribault Celebration of the Centennial of the ...
... II. SERMON AT THE FARIBAULT CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE INAUGURATION
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1789-1889. "Then Samuel took ...
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Unanimous Declaration of the Council Concerning Faith, and the ...
... Book III. Chapter XIV."Unanimous Declaration of the Council concerning
Faith, and the Celebration of Easter. The result was that ...
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Thesaurus

Celebration (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act, process, or time of celebrating.
Multi-Version Concordance Celebration (8 Occurrences). Acts ...
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Easter (1 Occurrence)
... There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament, though some would
see an intimation of it in 1 Corinthians 5:7. The Jewish Christians in the ...
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Passover (81 Occurrences)
... It is called also the "feast of unleavened bread" (Exodus 23:15; Mark 14:1; Acts
12:3), because during its celebration no leavened bread was to be eaten or ...
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Fasts (3 Occurrences)
... from Egypt (Exodus 12:6 Leviticus 23:5, 8 Numbers 28:16-25 Deuteronomy 16:1-8).
Pentecost has an agricultural phase as chagh habikkurim, the celebration of the ...
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Feasts (45 Occurrences)
... from Egypt (Exodus 12:6 Leviticus 23:5, 8 Numbers 28:16-25 Deuteronomy 16:1-8).
Pentecost has an agricultural phase as chagh habikkurim, the celebration of the ...
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Celebrating (7 Occurrences)

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Pentecost (3 Occurrences)
... also nearly everywhere harvested (Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22 Numbers 28:26), and
the general character of the festival was that of a harvest-home celebration. ...
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Nabal (18 Occurrences)
... Upon her return home she found her husband in the midst of a great celebration
("like the feast of a king"), drunken with wine, too intoxicated to realize his ...
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Oration (1 Occurrence)
... in a formal and dignified manner; especially, a discourse having reference to some
special occasion, as a funeral, an anniversary, a celebration, or the like ...
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Leviticus (1 Occurrence)
... their eating of the holy things (20; 21); about the offerings of Israel, that they
were to be without blemish (22:17-33); and about the due celebration of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Celebration (8 Occurrences)

Acts 7:41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
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Colossians 2:16 Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,
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1 Samuel 11:15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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2 Chronicles 23:13 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
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2 Chronicles 35:16 So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
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Esther 8:15 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
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Esther 9:22 as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
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Esther 9:23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;
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Subtopics

Celebration

Related Terms

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Passover (81 Occurrences)

Fasts (3 Occurrences)

Feasts (45 Occurrences)

Celebrating (7 Occurrences)

Pentecost (3 Occurrences)

Nabal (18 Occurrences)

Oration (1 Occurrence)