The newly redeemed nation of Israel experienced Passover through Pentecost from leaving Egypt, their place of bondage, up to receiving the covenant from God at Sinai.
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Pentecost
//ˈpɛntɪkɒst//
Synonyms for "pentecost" (86 found)
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47 translations across 35 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Pinkstersondag name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Πεντηκοστή name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Bulgarian
1 entries- петдесе́тница name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Catalan
1 entries- Pentecosta name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 五旬節 /五旬节 name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- 聖靈降臨節 /圣灵降临节 name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Danish
2 entries- pinse name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- pinsedag name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Dutch
1 entries- Pinksteren name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Esperanto
1 entries- Pentekosto name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Finnish
2 entries- helluntai name (festival which falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter; day on which the event commemorated by the festival occurred; the event itself)
- helluntai name (gift of the Holy Spirit to a Christian; occurrence of this)
French
1 entries- Pentecôte name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
German
4 entries- Pfingsten name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pfingstfest name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pfingstsonntag name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pfingsttag name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Greek
1 entries- Πεντηκοστή name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Hungarian
2 entries- pünkösd name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- pünkösdvasárnap name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Indonesian
1 entries- pentakosta name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Italian
1 entries- Pentecoste name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Japanese
1 entries- ペンテコステ name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Macedonian
1 entries- Педесе́тница name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Malayalam
1 entries- പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠰᡠᠰᠠᡳᠴᡳ ᡳᠨᡝᠩᡤᡳ name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Māori
1 entries- Petekoha name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Norman
1 entries- Pentecôte name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pinse name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- pins name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- pinse name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Pinjstdach name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Polish
1 entries- Pięćdziesiątnica name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Portuguese
2 entries- Pentecoste name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pentecostes name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Russian
1 entries- пятидеся́тница name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Spanish
1 entries- Pentecostés name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Swedish
2 entries- pingst name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- pingstdagen name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Tagalog
1 entries- Pentekostes name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Turkish
3 entries- Pankot name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pentekost name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
- Pentikost name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Ukrainian
1 entries- П'ятдеся́тниця name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Volapük
1 entries- pint name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Welsh
1 entries- Pentecost name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Pinkster name (Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls (cognates) — see also Whitsunday)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Indeed the Church has spoken and prayed in the languages of all peoples since Pentecost. Nevertheless, the Christian communities of the early centuries made frequent use of Greek and Latin, languages of universal communication in the world in which they lived and through which the newness of Christ’s word encountered the heritage of the Roman-Hellenistic culture.
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Pentecost is a Christian holiday.
Source: tatoeba (10057932)
Novv vvhen I vvas come home againe, & my vvife Anna vvas reſtored vnto me vvith my ſonne Tobias, in the feaſt of Pentecoſte, vvhich is the holy feaſt of the ſeuen vvekes, there vvas a great dinner prepared me, in the vvhich I ſate dovvne to eat.
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