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Easter

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Eastre, Saxon goddess). The day commemorative of Christ’s resurrection. (Acts 12:4⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (Acts 12:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Simply “the Passover” (Acts 12:4⁴And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (Acts 12:4)), as the word is elsewhere translated.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the passover