pass|o|ver

pass|o|ver «PAS _OH vuhr, PAHS-», noun.

1. the paschal lamb, the sacrifice formerly offered in the Temple at Passover (in the Bible, II Chronicles 30:15).

2. Figurative. Christ, the Paschal Lamb: »

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us (I Corinthians 5:7).

Pass|o|ver «PAS _OH vuhr, PAHS-», noun.

an eight-day, annual Jewish holiday in memory of the escape of the Hebrews from Egypt, where they had been slaves; Pesah. It begins on the eve of the 15th of Nisan.

╂[< verbal phrase pass over, translation of Hebrew pesah (in reference to the Biblical account, in Exodus 12, of a destroying angel “passing over” houses of the Hebrews in Egypt when it killed the first-born children of the Egyptians). Compare etym. under Pasch. (Cf. ↑Pasch)]