1530, coined by Tyndale from verbal phrase pass over, to translate Hebrew ha-pesah "Passover," from pesah (see paschal), in reference to the Lord "passing over" the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he killed the first-born of the Egyptians (Ex. xii).
例文
1. Tomorrow night at sundown,the Jewish holiday of Passover begins.
明日の夜、太陽が沈むと、ユダヤ人の過越節が始まります。
2.Kate had invited Alan to spend the Passover with her.
ケイトはすでにエレンを招待して彼女と一緒に過越節を過ごした。
3.The Jewish feast of Passover began last night.
ユダヤ人の宗教的祝日過越祭が昨夜始まった。
4.Christian holy week overlaps with the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover .
キリスト教の聖週間はユダヤ教の過越節の最初の数日と重なっている。
5.When the party arrives in Jerusalem,it is Passover time.