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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Ingathering, Feast of
• Feasts
Scofield Reference Index
• Feasts
Thompson Chain Reference
• Weeks, Feast of
• Wedding Feasts
• Tabernacles, Feast of
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Feasts
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Feasts, the Anniversary
• Feasts of Trumpets, the
• Feast of the Passover, the
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Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Movable Feasts and Fasts
• Matthias, Feast of Saint
• Matthew, Feast of Saint
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American Tract Society
• Feasts
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Feasts
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Weeks, Feast of
• Unleavened Bread, Feast of
• Tabernacles, Feast of
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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Love Feasts
• Feast of Asses
• Feast
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Weeks, Feast of
• Trumpets, Feast of
• Tabernacles, Feast of
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Trumpets, Feast of
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Feasts
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Love Feast (2)
• Love Feast
• Lights, Feast of
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Weeks, Feast of
• Trumpets, Feast of
• Tabernacles, Feast of
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Love-Feast
• Feasts
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King James Dictionary
• Feasting
• Feasted
• Feast
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Weeks, Feast of
• Unleavened Bread, Feast of
• Trumpets, Feast of
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Trumpets, Feast of
• Triumph of the Cross, Feast of the
• Simple Feast
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Feasts
People's Bible Dictionary
• Weeks Feast of
• Trumpets Feast of
• Tabernacles Feast of
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Trumpets Feast of
• Tabernacles The Feast of
• Love Feasts
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Love Feasts
• Feast
• Feast
Webster Dictionary
• Smell-Feast
• Feasting
• Feastful
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Feasts
• Love-Feasts
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bean-Feast
• Feast of Assumption
• Feast of Corpus Christi
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Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
• Sabbath and Feasts
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Booths, Feast of
• Dedication, Feast of
• Fasts and Feasts
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Feasts
• Lots Feast of
• Love Feast
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Annunciation, Feast of the
• Asses, Feast of
• Dedication, the Feast of the
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Assumption, Feast of the
• Barmacide Feast
• Feasts, Jewish, of Dedication
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecclesiastical Feasts
• Eve of a Feast
• Feast of Asses
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Dedication Feast
• Esther, Feast of
• Feasts
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Lexicons
• ܚܫܳܡܺܝܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܡܶܫܬ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ܣܳܡܟ݁ܳܐ
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Sacrificial Feast
• ἀγάπη
• ἀρχιτρίκλινος
• γάμος
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• אָכַל
• זֶבַח
• חַג
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Feasts. Special thanksgivings and periods of rejoicing. The religious feasts mentioned in Scripture fall under three heads:(A) Those properly connected with the institution of the Sabbath; (B) the historical or great festivals; (C) the day of atonement. (A) Immediately connected with the Sabbath are: 1. The weekly Sabbath itself. 2. The seventh new moon, or feast of trumpets. 3. The sabbatical year. 4. The year of jubilee. (B) The great feasts are—1. The passover. 2. The feast of pentecost, of weeks, of wheat harvest, or of the first-fruits. 3. The feast of tabernacles or of Ingathering. On each of these occasions every male Israelite was commanded to "appear before the Lord," that is, to attend in the court of the tabernacle or the temple, and to make his offering with a joyful heart. Deuteronomy 27:7; Nehemiah 8:9-12. On all the days of holy convocation there was to be an entire suspension of ordinary labor of all kinds, Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 23:21; Leviticus 23:24-25; Leviticus 23:35; but on the intervening days of the longer festivals work might be carried on. The significance of the three great festivals is stated in the account of the Jewish sacred year. Leviticus 23:1-44. The times of the festivals were evidently appointed so as to interfere as little as possible with the industry of the people. The religious festivals preserved the religious faith of the nation and religious unity among the people. They promoted friendly intercourse, distributed information through the country at a time when the transmission of news was slow and imperfect; and imported into remote provincial districts a practical knowledge of all improvements in arts and sciences. After the captivity the feast of purim, Esther 9:20 ff. seq., and that of the dedication, 1 Maccabees 4:56, were instituted. Jesus went up to Jerusalem at the latter feast. John 10:22.