Pen’tecost, (Πεντηκοστή, scil. ἡμέρα), the second of the three great annual festivals on which all the males were required to appear before the Lord in the national sanctuary, the other two being the feasts of Passover and Tabernacles. It fell in due course on the sixth day of Sivan, and its rites, according to the Law, were restricted to a single day. The most important passages relating to it are Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:15-22; Numbers 28:26-31; Deuteronomy 16:9-12; The following article treats of its observance from a Scriptural as well as Talmudical point of view. SEE FESTIVAL.
I. Name and its Signification. —
1. This festival is called, חִג הִשָּׁבוּעוֹת ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, solemnitas hebdomadorum, the Festival of Weeks (Exodus 34:22; Deuteronomy 16:10,16; 2 Chronicles 8:13), because it was celebrated seven complete weeks, or fifty days, after the Passover (Leviticus 23:15-16).
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Author: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia
Keywords: Pentecost
Bible reference(s): 1 Corinthians 16:8, 2 Chronicles 8:13, Acts 14:17, Acts 2:1, Acts 20:16, Deuteronomy 15:19, Deuteronomy 16:9, Ecclesiastes 10:1, Exodus 12:20, Exodus 19:12, Exodus 20:26, Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:22, Exodus 35:3, Ezekiel 3:12, Genesis 8:4, Joshua 5:11, Judges 12:7, Leviticus 23:15, Leviticus 3:17, Leviticus 7:26, Luke 18:12, Luke 6:1, Mark 16:2, Nehemiah 6:2, Numbers 15:2, Numbers 18:26, Numbers 28:26, Numbers 35:29, Numbers 6:23, Psalms 147:14, Song of Solomon 4:11, Tobit 2:1
Source: John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
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