Word study · Greek

heortē

feast, festival

Say it: heh-or-TAY (approximate)

ἑορτή

What it means

A religious festival, especially the great pilgrim feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Booths. John organizes much of his Gospel around the feasts (2:13, 5:1, 6:4, 7:2, 10:22, 11:55), in which Jesus claims to fulfill what each celebrates.

Range of meaning

  • FeastA religious festival.
  • FestivalA celebration.

In John

  • Chapter 7

    The Feast of Booths and its "great day" (7:2, 7:8, 7:10-14, 7:37).