Hebrew word · Strong's H2473

חֹלוֹן

Chôlôwn · kho-lone' · noun · “feast, festival”

In a sentence

Chag means feast or festival — Passover, Booths, Weeks. Israel’s calendar was studded with these celebrations of God’s saving acts, and they pointed forward to Christ.

Chag names a pilgrimage festival — a feast like Passover (Pesach), Weeks (Shavuot), or Booths (Sukkot). Three times a year all Israel was to come and rejoice before the LORD.

These feasts re-told the story of God’s saving acts and pointed forward. Paul says “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed”; Pentecost gives the Spirit; the feasts find their meaning fulfilled in him.

Strong's reference

Definition: Cholon, the name of two places in Palestine

KJV usage: Holon.

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Exodus 23:14 “Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.” Leviticus 23:39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.” 1 Corinthians 5:7 “Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.