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Feast (209 Occurrences)
... the king. 7. (vt) To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul. Int.
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Feast-day (5 Occurrences)
Feast-day. Feast, Feast-day. Feast-days . Multi-Version Concordance
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Feast-master (2 Occurrences)
Feast-master. Feasting, Feast-master. Feast-offerings .
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Marriage-feast (4 Occurrences)
Marriage-feast. Marriage, Marriage-feast. Marriagefeasts .
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Bride-feast (4 Occurrences)
Bride-feast. Bride-chamber, Bride-feast. Bridegroom . Multi-Version
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Feast-days (1 Occurrence)
Feast-days. Feast-day, Feast-days. Feasted . Multi-Version
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Feast-offerings (1 Occurrence)
Feast-offerings. Feast-master, Feast-offerings. Feasts .
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Mourning-feast (2 Occurrences)
Mourning-feast. Mourning, Mourning-feast. Mournings . Multi-Version
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Love-feast
Love-feast. Lovefeast, Love-feast. Love-feasts . Int. Standard
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Booths (24 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BOOTHS, FEAST OF. See FEASTS AND FASTS, I, 2. ... John
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Bible Concordance
Feast (209 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
(See NIV)

Matthew 22:2 "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 22:3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 22:4 Again he sent out other servants, saying,'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 22:8 Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.
(BBE DBY YLT)

Matthew 22:9 Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.'
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 22:10 And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.
(BBE DBY YLT)

Matthew 25:10 While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
(KJV)

Matthew 26:5 But they said, "Not during the feast, lest a riot occur among the people."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
(KJV DBY WBS NIV)

Matthew 27:15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release to the multitude one prisoner, whom they desired.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:21 And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
(BBE)

Mark 14:1 It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:2 For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Mark 14:12 On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
(WEY NIV)

Mark 15:6 Now at the feast he used to release to them one prisoner, whom they asked of him.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:41 His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 2:42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Luke 2:43 And when the days of the feast came to an end and they were going back, the boy Jesus was still in Jerusalem, but they had no knowledge of it:
(BBE RSV NIV)

Luke 5:29 Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS RSV)

Luke 12:36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 13:29 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
(See NIV)

Luke 14:7 And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
(BBE)

Luke 14:8 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
(WEB ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 14:9 And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
(BBE)

Luke 14:10 But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
(BBE)

Luke 14:12 And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
(BBE)

Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 14:15 When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
(WEB WEY NIV)

Luke 14:16 And he said to them, A certain man gave a great feast, and sent word of it to a number of people.
(BBE)

Luke 14:24 For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
(BBE)

Luke 15:23 Fetch the fat calf and kill it, and let us feast and enjoy ourselves;
(WEY BBE NIV)

Luke 15:29 But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:
(BBE)

Luke 15:32 But it was right to be glad and to have a feast; for this your brother, who was dead, is living again; he had gone away and has come back.
(BBE)

Luke 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 23:17 Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
(WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT)

John 2:8 He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)

John 2:9 When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 5:1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 6:4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled."
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 7:37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 10:22 It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 11:56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think-that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:20 Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 13:29 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 12:3 And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
(BBE NIV)

Acts 18:21 but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 20:6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old yeast, neither with the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Corinthians 10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
(KJV ASV BBE WBS)

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,
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT)

2 Peter 2:13 receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Jude 1:12 These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:20 I am now standing at the door and am knocking. If any one listens to My voice and opens the door, I will go in to be with him and will feast with him, and he shall feast with Me.
(WEY)

Revelation 19:17 And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;
(BBE)

Revelation 19:18 that you may feast on the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals and the flesh of mighty men, on the flesh of horses and their riders, and on the flesh of all mankind, whether they are free men or slaves, great men or small."
(WEY)

Genesis 19:3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 21:8 The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 26:30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:22 Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 40:20 It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:1 Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says,'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 10:9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 12:14 This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 12:17 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 12:47 All Israel is to keep the feast.
(BBE)

Exodus 13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 23:14 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 23:15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 23:18 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV)

Exodus 32:5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 32:6 So early on the day after they got up and made burned offerings and peace-offerings; and took their seats at the feast, and then gave themselves to pleasure.
(BBE)

Exodus 34:18 "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 34:22 "You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
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Exodus 34:25 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the Passover be left to the morning.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 23:6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 23:34 "Speak to the children of Israel, and say,'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 23:39 "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 23:41 You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Numbers 28:17 On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 28:26 "'Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 29:12 "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Numbers 29:17 On the second day of the feast give an offering of twelve oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 12:7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 12:18 But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 14:23 And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 14:26 And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 16:10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:13 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
As a Mark of hospitality (Genesis 19:3; 2 Samuel 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of domestic joy (Luke 15:23; Genesis 21:8); on birthdays (Genesis 40:20; Job 1:4; Matthew 14:6); and on the occasion of a marriage (Judges 14:10; Genesis 29:22).

Feasting was a part of the observances connected with the offering up of sacrifices (Deuteronomy 12:6, 7; 1 Samuel 9:19; 16:3, 5), and with the annual festivals (Deuteronomy 16:11). "It was one of the designs of the greater solemnities, which required the attendance of the people at the sacred tent, that the oneness of the nation might be maintained and cemented together, by statedly congregating in one place, and with one soul taking part in the same religious services. But that oneness was primarily and chiefly a religious and not merely a political one; the people were not merely to meet as among themselves, but with Jehovah, and to present themselves before him as one body; the meeting was in its own nature a binding of themselves in fellowship with Jehovah; so that it was not politics and commerce that had here to do, but the soul of the Mosaic dispensation, the foundation of the religious and political existence of Israel, the covenant with Jehovah. To keep the people's consciousness alive to this, to revive, strengthen, and perpetuate it, nothing could be so well adapated as these annual feasts." (see FESTIVALS.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

2. (n.) A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.

3. (n.) That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.

4. (n.) To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

5. (n.) To be highly gratified or delighted.

6. (v. t.) To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king.

7. (v. t.) To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DEDICATION, FEAST OF

ded-i-ka'-shun (ta egkainia, John 10:22): A feast held by the Jews throughout the country for eight days, commencing on the 25th Kiclev (December), in commemoration of the cleansing of the temple and dedication of the altar by Judas Maccabeus after their desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees 4:56, 59). The feast was to be kept "with mirth and gladness." 2 Maccabees 10:6, 7 says it was kept like the Feast of the Tabernacles, with the carrying of palm and other branches, and the singing of psalms. Josephus calls it "Lights," from the joy which accompanied it (Ant., XII, vii, 7). At this winter feast Jesus delivered in the temple the discourse recorded in John 10:24, at Jerusalem.

James Orr

RULER OF THE FEAST

(architriklinos; the King James Version governor): The word occurs in the New Testament in the account of the wedding feast in Cana of Galilee (John 2:8, 9). According to Ecclesiasticus (32:1) it was customary to appoint a "master of the ceremonies" from among the invited guests. It was his duty to determine the places of the guests, to see that the ordinary rules of etiquette were observed, etc., and generally to supervise the arrangements. The Revised Version margin "steward" is possible if the "governor of the feast" meant the "head waiter" (Merx renders "head servant of the feast"), and not one of the guests appointed for the purpose. But the context is in favor of the view that the person in question was one of the prominent guests-an intimate friend or relative of the host.

See RULER, 2, (2).

T. Lewis

TRUMPETS, FEAST OF

1. Description:

In Leviticus 23:23-25 the first day (new moon) of the seventh month is set apart as a solemn rest, "a memorial of blowing of trumpets" (the Hebrew leaves "of trumpets" to be understood), signalized further by "a holy convocation," abstinence from work, and the presentation of "an offering made by fire." In Numbers 29:1-6 these directions are repeated, with a detailed specification of the nature of the offering. In addition to the usual daily burnt sacrifices and the special offerings for new moons, there are to be offered one bullock, one ram, and seven he-lambs, with proper meal offerings, together with a he-goat for a sin offering.

2. Significance:

The significance of the feast lay in the fact that it marked the beginning of the new year according to the older calendar. Originally the "revolution" of the year was reckoned in the fall (Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22), and the change to the spring never thoroughly displaced the older system. In fact the spring New Year never succeeded in becoming a specially recognized feast, and to Jewish ears "New Year's Day" (ro'sh ha-shanah) invariably signifies an autumnal festival. So the Mishna (Ro'sh ha-shanah, i.1): "There are four periods of commencement of years: On the 1st of Nisan is a new year for kings and for festivals; the 1st of Elul is a new year for the tithe of cattle..... The 1st of Tishri is new year's (day) for the ordinary or civil year, for the computation of 7th years, and of the jubilees; also for the planting of trees, and for herbs. On the 1st of Shebat is the new year for trees."

3. Ritual:

The ritual for the day consequently needs little explanation. All new moons were heralded by trumpeting (Numbers 10:10), and so the custom was of course observed on this feast also. There is nothing in the language of either Leviticus 23 or Numbers 29 to require a prolongation of the music on this special new moon, but its special distinction was no doubt marked by special trumpeting at all times, and at a later period (see below) elaborate rules were laid down for this feature. The additional sacrifices simply involved an increase of those prescribed for new moons (Numbers 28:11-15), without changing their type. Perhaps Psalm 81 was especially written for this feast (compare 81:3).

4. Origin:

Mentions of a special observance of the 1st of Tishri are found also in Ezekiel 45:20 (reading, as is necessary, "first day of seventh month" here for "seventh day") and Nehemiah 8:1-12. In the former passage, the day is kept by offering a bullock as a sin offering and sprinkling its blood in a way that recalls the ritual of the Day of Atonement. In Nehemiah an assembly of the people was held to hear Ezra read the Law. The day was kept as a festival on which mourning was forbidden (Nehemiah 8:9). Apart from these references there is no mention of the feast elsewhere in the Old Testament, and, indeed, there is some reason to think that at one time the 10th, and not the 1st, of Tishri was regarded as the beginning of the year. For Ezekiel 40:1 specifically calls this day ro'sh hashanah, and Leviticus 25:9 specifies it as the opening of the Jubilee year (contrast the Mishna passage, above). Consequently scholars generally are inclined to assign Leviticus 23:23-25 and Numbers 29:1-6 to the latest part of the Pentateuch (Ps). This need not mean that the observance of the 1st (or 10th) of Tishri was late, but only that the final adoption of the day into Israel's official calendar, with a fixed ritual for all Israelites, was delayed. If the original New Year's Day fell on the 10th of Tishri, its displacement ten days earlier was certainly due to the adoption of the 10th for the Day of Atonement. An explanation of the date of the latter feast would be gained by this supposition.

5. Later History:

The instrument to be used in the trumpeting is not specified in the Bible, but Jewish tradition decided in favor of the horn and not the metal trumpet, permitting for synagogue use any kind of horn except a cow's, but for temple use only a straight (antelope's) horn and never a crooked (ram's) horn (Ro'-sh ha-shanah, iii. 2-4). According to iv. 1, when the new year began on a Sabbath the horns were blown only in the temple, but after its destruction they were blown in every synagogue. Every Israelite was obliged to come within hearing distance of the sound (iii.7). In the synagogue liturgy of iv.5-9 (which forms the basis of the modern Jewish practice), four sets of "benedictions" were read, and after each of the last three sets the horn blown nine times. Modern Judaism sees in the signals a call to self-examination and repentance, in view of the approaching Day of Atonement.

See TRUMPET, III, 2, (8).

Burton Scott Easton

BOOTHS, FEAST OF

See FEASTS AND FASTS, I, 2.

LOTS, FEAST OF

See PURIM.

TABERNACLES, FEAST OF

See FEASTS AND FASTS, I, A, 3.

WEEKS, FEAST OF

See PENTECOST.

Greek
4910. suneuocheomai -- to entertain together, pass. feast together
... feast together. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: suneuocheomai Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-yoo-o-kheh'-o) Short Definition: I feast sumptuously with Definition ...
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1859. heorte -- a feast, a festival
... a feast, a festival. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: heorte Phonetic
Spelling: (heh-or-tay') Short Definition: a festival, feast Definition: a ...
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3904. paraskeue -- preparation, the day of preparation (for a ...
... preparation, the day of preparation (for a Sabbath or feast). Part of Speech: Noun,
Feminine Transliteration: paraskeue Phonetic Spelling: (par-ask-yoo-ay ...
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755. architriklinos -- the superintendent of a banquet
... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: architriklinos Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos) Short Definition: master of the feast Definition: master ...
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1858. heortazo -- to be like
... to be like. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: heortazo Phonetic Spelling:
(heh-or-tad'-zo) Short Definition: I keep a feast Definition: I take part in a ...
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1062. gamos -- a wedding
... wedding. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: gamos Phonetic Spelling:
(gam'-os) Short Definition: a marriage, wedding, wedding-feast Definition: a ...
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4634. skenopegia -- the setting up of tents
... up of tents. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: skenopegia Phonetic
Spelling: (skay-nop-ayg-ee'-ah) Short Definition: the feast of tabernacles ...
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1403. doche -- a reception, a banquet
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: doche Phonetic Spelling: (dokh-ay')
Short Definition: a reception, party Definition: a feast, banquet, reception ...
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106. azumos -- unleavened
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: azumos Phonetic Spelling: (ad'-zoo-mos)
Short Definition: unleavened, the paschal feast, uncorrupted Definition ...
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1456. egkainia -- dedication, renewal (of religious services)
... egkainia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah) Short Definition: a renewal,
dedication Definition: a renewal, dedication; the feast of rededication. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1456.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew
2282. chag -- a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast
... 2281, 2282. chag. 2283 . a festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast.
Transliteration: chag Phonetic Spelling: (khag) Short Definition: feast. ...
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3900. lechem -- a feast
... 3899, 3900. lechem. 3901 . a feast. Transliteration: lechem Phonetic Spelling:
(lekh-em') Short Definition: feast. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
/hebrew/3900.htm - 6k

4960. mishteh -- a feast, drink
... 4959, 4960. mishteh. 4961 . a feast, drink. Transliteration: mishteh Phonetic
Spelling: (mish-teh') Short Definition: banquet. Word ...
/hebrew/4960.htm - 6k

2287. chagag -- to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast
... 2286b, 2287. chagag. 2288 . to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast.
Transliteration: chagag Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-gag') Short Definition: celebrate. ...
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3740. kerah -- a feast
... a feast. Transliteration: kerah Phonetic Spelling: (kay-raw') Short Definition:
feast. Word Origin from karah Definition a feast NASB Word Usage feast (1). ...
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3738b. karah -- to give a feast
... karah. 3739 . to give a feast. Transliteration: karah Short Definition: prepared. ...
root Definition to give a feast NASB Word Usage prepared (1). 3738a, 3738b ...
/hebrew/3738b.htm - 5k

4961. mishte -- a feast
... 4960, 4961. mishte. 4962 . a feast. Transliteration: mishte Phonetic
Spelling: (mish-teh') Short Definition: banquet. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/4961.htm - 6k

6332. Pur -- "a lot," a Jewish feast
... 6331, 6332. Pur. 6333 . "a lot," a Jewish feast. Transliteration: Pur Phonetic
Spelling: (poor) Short Definition: Purim. Word Origin ...
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2293. Chaggiyyah -- "feast of Yah," a Levite
... 2292b, 2293. Chaggiyyah. 2294 . "feast of Yah," a Levite. Transliteration:
Chaggiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (khag-ghee-yaw') Short Definition: Haggiah. ...
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4150. moed -- appointed time, place, or meeting
... Word Origin from yaad Definition appointed time, place, or meeting NASB Word Usage
appointed (3), appointed feast (3), appointed feasts (11), appointed ...
/hebrew/4150.htm - 7k

Library

The Feast on the Sacrifice
... THE FEAST ON THE SACRIFICE. And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts
make unto all people a feast.' Isaiah 25:6. There is here ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the feast on the sacrifice.htm

The Feast of Tabernacles.
... Chapter VII. The Feast of Tabernacles. The discourse in the synagogue at
Capernaum occurred, according to Andrews, in the spring ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the feast of tabernacles.htm

The Feast of the Lord
... The Feast of the Lord. A Sermon (No.226). Delivered on Sabbath Evening, November
28th, 1858, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the feast of the lord.htm

The Lessons of a Feast
... VOLUME II: ST. LUKE Chaps. XIII to XXIV THE LESSONS OF A FEAST. ... But when thou makest
a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the lessons of a feast.htm

The Wayside Feast
... The Wayside Feast. SB Psalm 23:5. Bread that camest down from Heaven,. ... In the lonely
land,. This the feast of God made ready. By His mighty Hand; ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the wayside feast.htm

The Feast of the Lord
... The Feast of the Lord. A Sermon ... God has made a feast of fat things for the sons of
men in the person of Jesus Christ. The feast consists of bread and wine. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/the feast of the lord.htm

The Feast of Ingathering in the End of the Year
... THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE FEAST OF INGATHERING IN THE END OF THE YEAR. 'And
the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the feast of ingathering in.htm

The Passover: an Expiation and a Feast, a Memorial and a Prophecy
... THE BOOK OF EXODUS THE PASSOVER: AN EXPIATION AND A FEAST, A MEMORIAL AND
A PROPHECY. 'And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the passover an expiation and.htm

And at that Time the Feast of Tabernacles of the Jews Drew Near. . ...
... The Text of the Diatessaron. Section XXVIII. And at that time the feast
of tabernacles of the Jews drew near.� [1, 2] [Arabic, p ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section xxviii and at that.htm

When Jesus at the Feast Reclined,
... PENTECOST When Jesus at the feast reclined,. tr., John Brownlie 8.8.8.8. I. When
Jesus at the feast reclined,. And sad disciples sorrowed most,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/when jesus at the feast.htm

Subtopics

Feast

Feast of The Dedication

Feast Of Trumpets

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Began Fourteenth of Twelfth Month

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Confirmed by Royal Authority

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Instituted by Mordecai

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Lasted Two Days

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Mode of Celebrating

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: The Jews Bound Themselves to Keep

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: To Commemorate the Defeat of Haman's Wicked Design

Mardi Gras

The Feast of Dedication: Held in the Winter Month, Chisleu

The Feast of Dedication: To Commemorate the Cleansing of the Temple After Its

The Feast of Jubilee was Specially Holy

The Feast of Jubilee: Began Upon the Day of Atonement

The Feast of Jubilee: Called The: Acceptable Year

The Feast of Jubilee: Called The: Year of Liberty

The Feast of Jubilee: Called The: Year of the Redeemed

The Feast of Jubilee: Enactments Respecting: Cessation of all Field Labour

The Feast of Jubilee: Enactments Respecting: Redemption of Sold Property

The Feast of Jubilee: Enactments Respecting: Release of Hebrew Servants

The Feast of Jubilee: Enactments Respecting: Restoration of all Inheritances

The Feast of Jubilee: Enactments Respecting: The Fruits of the Earth to be Common Property

The Feast of Jubilee: Held Every Fiftieth Year

The Feast of Jubilee: Houses in Walled Cities not Redeemed Within a Year, Exempted

The Feast of Jubilee: Illustrative of the Gospel

The Feast of Jubilee: Proclaimed by Trumpets

The Feast of Jubilee: Sale of Property Calculated From

The Feast of Jubilee: Value of Devoted Property Calculated From

The Feast of Pentecost: A Holy Convocation

The Feast of Pentecost: A Time of Holy Rejoicing

The Feast of Pentecost: All Males to Attend

The Feast of Pentecost: Called The: Day of Pentecost

The Feast of Pentecost: Called The: Day of the First Fruits

The Feast of Pentecost: Called The: Feast of Harvest

The Feast of Pentecost: Called The: Feast of Weeks

The Feast of Pentecost: Held Fiftieth Day After offering First Sheaf of Barley

The Feast of Pentecost: Observed by the Church

The Feast of Pentecost: Sacrifices At

The Feast of Pentecost: The First Fruits of Bread Presented At

The Feast of Pentecost: The Holy Spirit Given to Apostles At

The Feast of Pentecost: The Law Given from Mount Sinai Upon

The Feast of Pentecost: To be Perpetually Observed

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: A Sabbath for the Land

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: Cessation of all Field Labour

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: No Release to Strangers During

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: Public Reading of the Law at Feast of Tabernacles

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: Release of all Hebrew Servants

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: Remission of Debts

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Enactments Respecting: The Fruits of the Earth to be Common Property

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Jews Threatened for Neglecting

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Kept Every Seventh Year

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Release of, not to Hinder the Exercise of Benevolence

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Restored After the Captivity

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: Surplus of Sixth Year to Provide For

The Feast of Sabbatical Year: The Seventy Years Captivity a Punishment for Neglecting

The Feast of Tabernacles: All Males Obliged to Appear At

The Feast of Tabernacles: Began Fifteenth of Seventh Month

The Feast of Tabernacles: Called the Feast of Ingathering

The Feast of Tabernacles: Customs Observed At: Bearing Branches of Palms

The Feast of Tabernacles: Customs Observed At: Drawing Water from the Pool of Siloam

The Feast of Tabernacles: Customs Observed At: Singing Hosannas

The Feast of Tabernacles: First and Last Days of, Holy Convocations

The Feast of Tabernacles: Held After Harvest and Vintage

The Feast of Tabernacles: Lasted Seven Days

The Feast of Tabernacles: Remarkable Celebrations of After the Captivity

The Feast of Tabernacles: Remarkable Celebrations of At the Dedication of Solomon's Temple

The Feast of Tabernacles: Sacrifices During

The Feast of Tabernacles: The Law Publicly Read Every Seventh Year At

The Feast of Tabernacles: The People Dwelt in Booths During

The Feast of Tabernacles: To be Observed with Rejoicing

The Feast of Tabernacles: To be Observed: Perpetually

The Feast of Tabernacles: To Commemorate the Sojourn of Israel in the Desert

The Feast of the New Moon: A Season For: Entertainments

The Feast of the New Moon: A Season For: Inquiring of God's Messengers

The Feast of the New Moon: A Season For: Worship in God's House

The Feast of the New Moon: Celebrated With Blowing of Trumpets

The Feast of the New Moon: Disliked by the Ungodly

The Feast of the New Moon: Held First Day of the Month

The Feast of the New Moon: Mere Outward Observance of, Hateful to God

The Feast of the New Moon: Observance of, by Christians, Condemned

The Feast of the New Moon: Observed With Great Solemnity

The Feast of the New Moon: Restored After Captivity

The Feast of the New Moon: Sacrifices At

The Feast of the New Moon: The Jews Deprived of, for Sin

The Feast of the Passover: All Males to Appear At

The Feast of the Passover: Called The: Days of Unleavened Bread

The Feast of the Passover: Called The: Feast of Unleavened Bread

The Feast of the Passover: Called The: Jew's Passover

The Feast of the Passover: Called The: Lord's Passover

The Feast of the Passover: Called The: Passover

The Feast of the Passover: Children to be Taught the Nature and Design of

The Feast of the Passover: Christ Always Observed

The Feast of the Passover: Commenced the Fourteenth of the First Month at Even

The Feast of the Passover: Custom of Releasing a Prisoner At

The Feast of the Passover: First and Last Days of, Holy Convocations

The Feast of the Passover: Illustrative of Redemption Through Christ

The Feast of the Passover: Improper Keeping of, Punished

The Feast of the Passover: Lasted Seven Days

The Feast of the Passover: Leaven: Not to be in Any of Their Quarters

The Feast of the Passover: Leaven: Not to be in Their Houses During

The Feast of the Passover: Leaven: Nothing With, to be Eaten

The Feast of the Passover: Leaven: Punishment for Eating

The Feast of the Passover: Might be Kept in the Second Month by Those Who Were Unclean

The Feast of the Passover: Moses Kept Through Faith

The Feast of the Passover: Neglect of, Punished With Death

The Feast of the Passover: No Uncircumcised Person to Keep

The Feast of the Passover: Ordained by God

The Feast of the Passover: Paschal Lamb Eaten First Day of

The Feast of the Passover: Purification Necessary to the Due Observance of

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of After the Captivity

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of Before the Death of Christ

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of in Hezekiah's Reign

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of in Josiah's Reign

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of in the Wilderness of Sinai

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of On Entering the Land of Promise

The Feast of the Passover: Remarkable Celebrations of On Leaving Egypt

The Feast of the Passover: Sacrifices During

The Feast of the Passover: Strangers and Servants when Circumcised Might Keep

The Feast of the Passover: The Day Before the Sabbath In, Called the Preparation

The Feast of the Passover: The First Sheaf of Barley Harvest offered the Day After The

The Feast of the Passover: The Lord's Supper Instituted At

The Feast of the Passover: The People of Jerusalem Lent Their Rooms to Strangers For

The Feast of the Passover: The Sabbath In, a High Day

The Feast of the Passover: To be Perpetually Observed During the Mosaic Age

The Feast of the Passover: To Commemorate The: Deliverance of Israel from Bondage of Egypt

The Feast of the Passover: To Commemorate The: Passing Over the First-Born

The Feast of the Passover: Unleavened Bread Eaten At

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Feast-day (5 Occurrences)

Feast-master (2 Occurrences)

Marriage-feast (4 Occurrences)

Bride-feast (4 Occurrences)

Feast-days (1 Occurrence)

Feast-offerings (1 Occurrence)

Mourning-feast (2 Occurrences)

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Booths (24 Occurrences)

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Dedication (16 Occurrences)

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Festivals (17 Occurrences)

Trumpets (52 Occurrences)

Fifteenth (18 Occurrences)

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In-gathering (3 Occurrences)

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Solemnity (3 Occurrences)

Trees (179 Occurrences)

Firstfruits (37 Occurrences)

Festival (62 Occurrences)

Yeast (48 Occurrences)

Celebrate (66 Occurrences)

Convocation (19 Occurrences)

First-fruits (45 Occurrences)

Goodly (46 Occurrences)

Empty-handed (13 Occurrences)

Moons (17 Occurrences)

Marrow (5 Occurrences)

Booth (9 Occurrences)

Bondmen (117 Occurrences)

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Agape

Bridegroom (23 Occurrences)

Marriagefeasts

Lasting (40 Occurrences)

Eighth (38 Occurrences)

Chooses (36 Occurrences)

Banquet (58 Occurrences)

Yearly (16 Occurrences)

Vigil (2 Occurrences)

Labors (27 Occurrences)

Instituted (7 Occurrences)

Festal (12 Occurrences)

Revel (6 Occurrences)

Reclining (25 Occurrences)

Requirement (7 Occurrences)

Drew (162 Occurrences)

Dinner (23 Occurrences)

Permanent (19 Occurrences)

Birthday (4 Occurrences)

Begins (12 Occurrences)

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Annual (6 Occurrences)

Purim (5 Occurrences)

Preparing (25 Occurrences)

Bid (35 Occurrences)

Memorial (54 Occurrences)

Sabbaths (53 Occurrences)

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Remission (18 Occurrences)

Release (61 Occurrences)

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Merry (38 Occurrences)

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