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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

2. (v. t.) To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.

3. (v. t.) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CELEBRATE

sel'-e-brat: Of the three Hebrew words so rendered halal, "to praise" is preeminently significant. It is an onomatopoetic word meaning "to give a clear sharp sound," as word in vocal rejoicing, celebration. Its equivalent in Ethiopic is ellell, German hallen, English halloo, and appears in the great choral word Hallelujah of the Hebrew religion. Passing into Christian use it has become the term most expressive of majestic praise. Psalms 113-118 and 136 are called Hallel psalms. Found in Hezekiah's psalm of praise for his miraculous recovery: "Death cannot celebrate thee" (Isaiah 38:18). chaghagh, root meaning "to move in a circle" hence, "to keep a festival" by sacred leaping and dancing; "celebrate (the Revised Version (British and American) "keep") a feast" (Leviticus 23:41); shabhath, "to rest," i.e. keep or observe a holy day; "celebrate (the Revised Version (British and American) "keep") your sabbath" (Leviticus 23:32).

Dwight M. Pratt

Greek

1858b. heortazo -- to celebrate a festival
... 1858a, 1858b. heortazo. 1859 . to celebrate a festival. Transliteration:
heortazo Short Definition: celebrate. Word Origin from ...
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5215. humnos -- a hymn
... Cognate: 5215 (from , "to celebrate") -- a song that gives honor, praise,
or thanksgiving (transliterated into English as "hymn"). ...
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2290. thapto -- to bury
... root Definition to bury NASB Word Usage buried (7), bury (4). bury. A primary verb;
to celebrate funeral rites, ie Inter -- bury. (ethapsan) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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3670. homologeo -- to speak the same, to agree
... Definition: I confess, profess, acknowledge, praise Definition: (a) I promise, agree,
(b) I confess, (c) I publicly declare, (d) a Hebraism, I praise, celebrate ...
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2165. euphraino -- to cheer, make merry
... Word Origin from eu and phren Definition to cheer, make merry NASB Word Usage celebrate
(5), glad (1), joyously living (1), makes...glad (1), merry (1 ...
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2811. kleos -- fame
... Word Origin from kleo (to celebrate) Definition fame NASB Word Usage credit (1).
glory. From a shorter form of kaleo; renown (as if being called) -- glory. ...
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2605. kataggello -- to proclaim
... kataggello Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ang-gel'-lo) Short Definition: I declare openly,
preach Definition: I declare openly, proclaim, preach, laud, celebrate. ...
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5214. humneo -- to sing to, to laud
... sing to, sing a hymn of praise unto. From humnos; to hymn, ie Sing a religious ode;
by implication, to celebrate (God) in song -- sing a hymn (praise unto). ...
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5567. psallo -- to pull, twitch, twang, play, sing
... Probably strengthened from psao (to rub or touch the surface; compare psocho); to
twitch or twang, ie To play on a stringed instrument (celebrate the divine ...
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1804. exaggello -- to tell out, proclaim
... show forth. From ek and the base of aggelos; to publish, ie Celebrate -- shew forth.
see GREEK ek. see GREEK aggelos. (exangeilete) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2287. chagag -- to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast
... to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast. Transliteration: chagag Phonetic Spelling:
(khaw-gag') Short Definition: celebrate. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1984. halal -- to shine
... make boast self, celebrate, commend, deal, make, foolish glory, give light,
be make, A primitive root; to be clear (orig. Of sound ...
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7673. shabath -- to cease, desist, rest
... cause to, let, make to cease, celebrate, cause make to fail A primitive root;
to repose, ie Desist from exertion; used in many implied ...
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7832. sachaq -- to laugh
... root Definition to laugh NASB Word Usage amuse (1), amusing (1), celebrate (2),
celebrating (3), hold a contest (1), joking (1), laugh (6), laughed them to ...
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5608. saphar -- to count, recount, relate
... to score with a mark as a tally or record, ie (by implication) to inscribe, and
also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, ie Celebrate -- commune, (ac-)count ...
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8567. tanah -- perhaps recount, rehearse
... A primitive root (identical with tanah through the idea of attributing honor); to
ascribe (praise), ie Celebrate, commemorate -- lament, rehearse. ...
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2142. zakar -- remember
... mindful (1), boast (1), bring my to remembrance (1), bringing to mind (1), brings
to remembrance (1), burns (1), call to mind (1), celebrate (1), certainly ...
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2167. zamar -- to make music (in praise of God)
... fingers); properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, ie Play
upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song ...
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6213a. asah -- do, make
... 1), cared (1), carefully (3), carefully observing (1), carried (3), carries (2),
carry (8), carved (5), cause (3), causing (1), celebrate (19), celebrated (12 ...
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5115. navah -- beautify
... A primitive root; to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of
beauty (compare naveh)), to celebrate (with praises) -- keept at home, prepare ...
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Library

But the Games which You Celebrate, Called Floralia and Megalensia. ...
... Book VII. 33 But the games which you celebrate, called Floralia and Megalensia�
But the games which you celebrate, called Floralia ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/33 but the games which.htm

But Nothing was Difficult to them with whom it was Lawful to ...
... Section X. But nothing was difficult to them with whom it was lawful to
celebrate the Passover� But nothing was difficult to them ...
/.../the paschal canon of anatolius of alexandria/section x but nothing was.htm

How the Monks of Hii, and the Monasteries Subject to Them, Began ...
... BOOK V CHAP. XXII. How the monks of Hii, and the monasteries subject to them, began
to celebrate the canonical Easter at the preaching of Egbert. [716 AD]. ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxii how the monks.htm

Whether it is Lawful for a Priest to Refrain Entirely from ...
... of sin, or excommunicate, to consecrate the Eucharist, as was said above
[4694](A[7]). Therefore it seems that such men are not bound to celebrate, and so ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful for 18.htm

Another Heresy, that of the Sabbatians, is Originated by the ...
... Further, the Samaritans, who are scrupulous observers of the laws of Moses, never
celebrate this festival till the first-fruits have reached maturity; they say ...
/.../chapter xviii another heresy that of.htm

Whether the Time for Celebrating this Mystery Has Been Properly ...
... i), Pope Leo I wrote to Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria, that "it is permissible
to celebrate mass in the first part of the day." But the day begins at midnight ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the time for celebrating.htm

But Though Prayer is Properly Confined to Vows and Supplications.. ...
... By thanksgiving we duly celebrate his kindnesses toward us, ascribing to
his liberality every blessing which enters into our lot. ...
/.../of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 28 but though prayer.htm

Pentecost
... festival we call "Pentecost" had origin as follows: When God was about to lead the
children of Israel out of Egypt, he permitted them to celebrate the Feast of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol ii/pentecost.htm

This is the Reason, Then, Why Christians are Counted Public ...
... that they pay no vain, nor false, nor foolish honours to the emperor; that, as men
believing in the true religion, they prefer to celebrate their festal days ...
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Epistle xxv. To Maximus of Salona.
... Now inasmuch as we long ago sent thee a letter warning thee by no means to dare
to celebrate the solemnities of mass till we should ascertain the will of the ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxv to maximus of.htm

Thesaurus

Celebrate (66 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to
celebrate the name of the Most High. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CELEBRATE. ...
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Booths (24 Occurrences)
... Who are coming in against Jerusalem, They have also gone up from year to year, To
bow themselves to the King, Jehovah of Hosts, And to celebrate the feast of ...
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Lost (85 Occurrences)
... Luke 15:24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'
They began to celebrate. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Easter (1 Occurrence)
... the New Testament, though some would see an intimation of it in 1 Corinthians
5:7. The Jewish Christians in the early church continued to celebrate the Passover ...
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Alive (166 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). Luke 15:24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was
lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate. (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV). ...
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Sing (147 Occurrences)
... crevice. 4. (vi) To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate
something in poetry. 5. (vi) Ti cry out; to complain. ...
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Lasting (40 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 23:41 And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the
year: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the ...
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Celebrated (24 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Celebrate. 2. (a.) Having celebrity;
distinguished; renowned. Multi-Version Concordance Celebrated (24 Occurrences). ...
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Thank (68 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 16:4 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark
of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel ...
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Yearly (16 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Judges 11:40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ...
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Bible Concordance

Celebrate (66 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:18 He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him,'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
(See NIV)

Luke 15:23 Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;
(WEB NAS NIV)

Luke 15:24 for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.' They began to celebrate.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Luke 15:29 But he answered his father,'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Luke 15:32 But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.'"
(WEB NAS NIV)

1 Corinthians 5:8 so that let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Revelation 11:10 Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 5:1 And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness.
(DBY NAS)

Exodus 10:9 Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
(See NIV)

Exodus 12:14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Exodus 12:17 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
(See NIV)

Exodus 12:47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 12:48 When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 23:14 Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Exodus 23:16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
(See NIV)

Exodus 31:16 Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
(See NAS)

Exodus 34:22 "You shall observe the feast of weeks with the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of harvest at the year's end.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 23:39 But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the produce of the land, ye shall celebrate the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day there shall be rest, and on the eighth day there shall be rest.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Leviticus 23:41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
(KJV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 25:2 Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, When ye come into the land that I will give you, the land shall celebrate a sabbath to Jehovah.
(DBY)

Numbers 9:2 "Moreover let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:4 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:10 "Say to the children of Israel,'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:13 But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn't offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
(See NIV)

Numbers 9:14 "'If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"
(See NIV)

Numbers 29:12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days;
(DBY YLT NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:1 Keep the month of Abib, and celebrate the passover to Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
(DBY NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:10 You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:13 You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:15 You shall keep a feast to Yahweh your God seven days in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
(See NAS NIV)

Judges 11:40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
(WEB ASV)

Judges 16:23 The lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 6:21 David said to Michal, "It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore will I celebrate before Yahweh.
(WEB NAS NIV)

2 Kings 23:21 The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant."
(See NAS NIV)

1 Chronicles 16:4 He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS)

2 Chronicles 30:1 Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem: for they had not kept it in great numbers in such sort as it is written.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:13 There assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:23 The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept other seven days with gladness.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:16 So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 8:12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
(See NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Esther 9:21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
(See NAS NIV)

Esther 9:27 the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to its appointed time, every year;
(See NAS)

Job 36:24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men celebrate.
(DBY)

Psalms 21:13 Be thou exalted, Jehovah, in thine own strength: we will sing and celebrate thy power.
(DBY)

Psalms 89:5 And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
(DBY)

Psalms 109:30 I will greatly celebrate Jehovah with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
(DBY)

Psalms 111:1 Hallelujah! I will celebrate Jehovah with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the assembly.
(DBY)

Psalms 138:2 I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
(DBY)

Psalms 138:4 All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;
(DBY)

Psalms 142:7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.
(DBY)

Isaiah 25:1 Jehovah, thou art my God: I will exalt thee; I will celebrate thy name, for thou hast done wonderful things; counsels of old which are faithfulness and truth.
(DBY)

Isaiah 30:29 You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 38:18 For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 61:7 Instead of your shame ye shall have double; instead of confusion they shall celebrate with joy their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double; everlasting joy shall be unto them.
(DBY)

Jeremiah 30:19 Out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 45:21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
(See RSV)

Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth glad tidings, that publisheth peace! Celebrate thy feasts, Judah, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Zechariah 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that all that are left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, Jehovah of hosts, and to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Zechariah 14:18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, neither shall it be upon them; there shall be the plague, wherewith Jehovah will smite the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Zechariah 14:19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that go not up to celebrate the feast of tabernacles.
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Celebrate

Related Terms

Booths (24 Occurrences)

Lost (85 Occurrences)

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Alive (166 Occurrences)

Sing (147 Occurrences)

Lasting (40 Occurrences)

Celebrated (24 Occurrences)

Thank (68 Occurrences)

Yearly (16 Occurrences)