Lexical Definition

‎ἑορτή‎ heortḗ (heh-or-tay') festival ^G:N-F
of uncertain affinity

feast, holyday.

• a festival

Abbott-Smith

ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX for חַג (chiefly), מוֹעֵד ;]
a feast, festival: Lk 2:42, Jo 5:1 6:4 7:37, Col 2:16; ἡ ἑ. τοῦ πάσχα, Lk 2:41, Jo 13:1; τ. ἀζύμων, Lk 22:1; ἡ σκηνοπηγία, Jo 7:2 (Deiss., LAE, 116); ἐν τ. ἑ., Mt 26:5, Mk 14:2, Jo 4:45 7:11 12:20 (εἶναι ἐν ἑ.), Jo 2:23; εἰς τ. ἑ. (for the feast), Jo 13:29; ἀναβαίνειν, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τ. ἑ., Jo 4:45 7:8, 10 11:56 12:12; τῆς ἐ μεσούσης, Jo 7:14; κατὰ ἑ. (at each feast), Mt 27:15, Mk 15:6, Lk 23:17, R, mg.; τ. ἑ. ποιεῖν, Ac 18:21; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑ., Lk 2:42.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἑορτή-ή,

in Ionic dialect Prose ὁρτή (so [Refs 5th c.BC+], probably in Ion Trag.21, but ἑορτήή [Refs 6th c.BC+], ἡ, feast, festival, holiday, ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρτὴν ἄγειν keep a feast,[ἑορτήὰς ἑορτήάσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.2; ἑορτήὴν τῇ θεῷ ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; ἡ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.35: \_metaphorically\_, οἵας ἑορτήῆς ἔστ᾽ ἀπόπτυστοι θεοῖς στέργηθρ᾽ ἔχουσαι, of the Eumenides, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 191; ἑορτήὴ ὄψεως 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 13.1. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 generally, holiday-making, amusement, pastime, παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτήῆς χάριν [ἑορτήὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸ τὰ δέοντα πρᾶξαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 proverbial, κατόπιν ἑορτήῆς ἥκειν to have come the day after the fair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτήά every day's a holiday to those who don't work, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 assembled multitude at a festival, ὄχλος καὶ ἑ. καὶ στρατὸς καὶ πλῆθος [Refs 3rd c.AD+]