John 7:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

Nowe the Iewes feast of the Tabernacles was at hande.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡ σκηνοπηγία.

Transliteration

Ēn de near the heortē of the Ioudaiōn the skēnopēgia.

Grammar Details

• *Ēn*: imperfect, 3rd singular - was [continuous]
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but/now
• *heortē*: nominative, feminine, singular - feast/festival
• *Ioudaiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of Jews/Judeans
• *skēnopēgia*: nominative, feminine, singular - tabernacles

Word Meanings

• *de*: but/and/now [transitional particle]
• *heortē*: feast/festival/celebration
• *skēnopēgia*: tabernacles/booths/tents [festival]

Referenced Verses

• Zech 14:16-19 : 16 But it shall come to passe that euery one that is left of all the nations, which came against Ierusalem, shall goe vp from yere to yere to worship the King the Lord of hostes, and to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. 17 And who so will not come vp of all the families of the earth vnto Ierusalem to worship the King the Lorde of hostes, euen vpon them shall come no raine. 18 And if the familie of Egypt goe not vp, and come not, it shall not raine vpon them. This shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the heathen, that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations that come not vp to keepe the feast of Tabernacles.
• Exod 23:16-17 : 16 The feast also of the haruest of the first fruites of thy labours, which thou hast sowen in the fielde: and the feast of gathering fruites in the ende of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the fielde. 17 These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.
• Num 29:12-38 : 12 And in the fifteenth day of the seuenth moneth ye shall haue an holie conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein, but yee shall keepe a feast vnto the Lord seuen daies. 13 And ye shall offer a burnt offring for a sacrifice made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yong bullockes, two rammes, and fourtene lambes of a yeere olde: they shall bee without blemish. 14 And their meate offering shall bee of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirteene bullockes, two tenth deales to either of the two rammes, 15 And one tenth deale vnto eche of ye fourteene lambes, 16 And one hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring, and his drinke offring. 17 And the second day ye shall offer twelue yong bullockes, two rams, fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, 18 With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, 19 And an hee goate for a sinne offring, (beside the continuall burnt offering and his meate offring) and their drinke offrings. 20 Also the third day ye shall offer eleuen bullocks, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, 21 With their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rams, and for the lambes, after their nomber according to the maner, 22 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring and his drinke offring. 23 And the fourth day ye shall offer tenne bullocks, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish. 24 Their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, 25 And an hee goate for a sinne offering beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offering. 26 In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, 27 And their meat offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, 28 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offring and his drinke offering. 29 And in the sixt day ye shall offer eight bullockes, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, 30 And their meate offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, 31 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring and his drinke offrings. 32 In the seuenth day also ye shall offer seuen bullocks, two rammes and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, 33 And their meate offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner, 34 And an hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offring. 35 In the eight day, yee shall haue a solemne assemblie: yee shall doe no seruile worke therein, 36 But yee shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, one bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere old without blemish, 37 Their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullocke, for the ramme, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, 38 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, & his meate offring, and his drinke offring.
• Deut 16:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt obserue the feast of the Tabernacles seuen daies, when thou hast gathered in thy corne, and thy wine. 14 And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates. 15 Seuen daies shalt thou keepe a feast vnto the Lorde thy God in the place which the Lorde shall chuse: when the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all thine increase, and in all the workes of thine hands, thou shalt in any case be glad. 16 Three times in the yeere shall all the males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall chuse: in the feast of the vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the weekes, and in the feast of the Tabernacles: and they shall not appeare before the Lord emptie.
• 1 Kgs 8:2 : 2 And all the men of Israel assembled vnto King Salomon at the feast in the moneth of Ethanim, which is the seuenth moneth.
• 1 Kgs 8:65 : 65 And Salomon made at that time a feast & all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seuen dayes and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes.
• 2 Chr 7:9-9 : 9 And in the eight day they made a solemne assemblie: for they had made the dedication of the altar seuen daies, and the feast seuen dayes. 10 And the three and twentieth day of the seuenth moneth, he sent the people away into their tentes, ioyous and with glad heart, because of the goodnesse that the Lorde had done for Dauid and for Salomon, & for Israel his people.
• Ezra 3:4 : 4 They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written, and the burnt offring dayly, by nomber according to the custome day by day,
• Neh 8:14-18 : 14 And they found written in the Law, (that the Lorde had commanded by Moses) that the children of Israel should dwel in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth, 15 And that they shoulde cause it to bee declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and in Ierusalem, saying, Go forth vnto the mount, and bring oliue branches, and pine branches, & branches of myrtus, and palme branches, & branches of thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is written. 16 So the people went foorth and brought them, and made them boothes, euerie one vpon the roofe of his house, and in their courtes, and in the courtes of the house of God, and in the streete by the watergate, and in the streete of the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the Congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie made boothes, and sate vnder the boothes: for since the time of Ieshua the sonne of Nun vnto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great ioy. 18 And he read in the booke of the Lawe of God euery day, from the first day vnto the last day; they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day a solemne assemblie, according vnto the maner.
• Lev 23:34-43 : 34 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, In the fifteenth day of this seueth moneth shalbe for seuen dayes the feast of Tabernacles vnto the Lorde. 35 In the first day shalbe an holie conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein. 36 Seuen daies ye shall offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, and in the eight day shalbe an holy conuocation vnto you, and ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire vnto the Lorde: it is the solemne assemblie, yee shall doe no seruile worke therein. 37 These are the feastes of the Lord (which ye shall call holie conuocations) to offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord, as burnt offring, and meate offring, sacrifice, and drinke offrings, euery one vpon his day, 38 Beside the Sabbaths of the Lorde, and beside your giftes, and beside al your vowes, and beside all your free offrings, which ye shal giue vnto the Lorde. 39 But in the fifteenth day of the seueth moneth, when ye haue gathered in the fruite of the land, ye shall keepe an holie feast vnto the Lord seuen daies: in the first day shalbe a Sabbath: likewise in the eight day shalbe a Sabbath. 40 And yee shall take you in the first day the fruite of goodly trees, branches of palme trees, & the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the brooke, and shall reioyce before the Lorde your God seuen daies. 41 So ye shall keepe this feast vnto the Lorde seuen daies in the yere, by a perpetuall ordinance through your generations: in the seuenth moneth shall you keepe it. 42 Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen daies: all that are Israelites borne, shall dwel in boothes, 43 That your posterity may know that I haue made the children of Israel to dwell in boothes, when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.