STRONGS G4005:
πεντηκοστή,
πεντηκοστῆς,
ἡ (namely,
ἡμέρα; feminine of
πεντηκοστός fiftieth) (from
Plato down.),
Pentecost (properly, the fiftieth day after the Passover, Tobit 2:1; 2 Macc. 12:32; (
Philo de septen. § 21; de decal. § 30; cf.
Winer's Grammar, 26)), the second of the three great Jewish festivals; celebrated at Jerusalem yearly, the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of the completed harvest (
Exodus 23:16;
Leviticus 23:15;
Deuteronomy 16:9):
Acts 2:1;
Acts 20:16;
1 Corinthians 16:8 (
Josephus, Antiquities 3, 10, 6; (14, 13, 4; etc.)). (
BB. DD. (especially Ginsburg in Alex.'s Kitto) under the word ;
Hamburger, Real-Encycl. 1, under the word, Wochenfest; Edersheim, The Temple, chapter xiii.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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23:16
- Leviticus
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23:15
- Deuteronomy
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16:9
- Acts
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2:1; 20:16
- 1 Corinthians
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16:8