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σάββατον — Sabbath · Greek word G4521

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σάββατονsabbaton
Sabbath
Greek · G4521 · 185 occurrences · 162 references

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σάββατον, -ου, τό (Aram. שַׁבָּתָא, transliterated σάββατα, and this being mistaken for a pl., the sing. σάββατον was formed from it), and σάββατα, -ων, τά
[in LXX for שַׁבָּת, שַׁבָּתוֹן ;]
__1. the seventh day of the week, the sabbath
__(a) the sing. form -ον, τὸ σ.: Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:27, Luk.6:5, al.; ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ σ. (in LXX, Exo.20:8, al., usually τῶν σ., see infr.), Luk.13:16 14:5; ὁδὸς σαββάτου, Act.1:12 (cf. Mat.24:29); dative, of time (τῷ) σ., Luk.6:9 14:1; ἐν (τῷ) σ., Mat.12:2, Luk.6:7, Jhn.5:16, al.; accusative, of duration, τὸ σ., Luk.23:56; κατὰ πᾶν σ., Act.13:27 15:21 18:4; pl., σ. τρία, Act.17:2 R, txt. (but see infr.);
__(b) as most frequently in LXX (see Swete, Mk., 17; Thackeray, Gr., 35) the pl. form, τὰ σ. (see supr. on the Aram. form. There is also an analogy in the names of other festivals, τ. ἐγκαίνια, ἄζυμα, etc.): Mat.28:1, Col.2:16; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σ. (Exo.20:8, al.), Luk.4:16, Act.13:14 16:13; dative pl. (in LXX -τοις, but 1Ma.2:38 as in NT) by metaplasmus (El., § 9, 3), σάββασι, Mat.12:1, 5 12:10-12 Mrk.1:21 2:23 3:2, 4, Luk.4:31 6:2.
__2. seven days, a week;
__(a) the sing. form: πρώτη σαββάτσυ, Mrk.16:9; δὶς τοῦ σ. (Bl., § 35, 4; 36, 13), Luk.18:12; κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου, 1Co.16:2; pl., σ. τρία, Act.17:2 R, mg. (but see supr.);
__(b) the pl. form: ἡ μία τῶν σ. (where the genitive = μετὰ τά; Soph., Lex., 43a), Mat.28:1, Mrk.16:2, Luk.24:1, Jhn.20:1, 19, Act.20:7
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Σάββατον, τό, the Hebrew Sabbath, i.e. Rest (
A δηλοῖ δὲ ἀνάπαυσιν.. τὸ ὄνομα J. AJ 1.1.1 ), LXX Ex. 16.23, al., Ev.Marc. 6.2,al.: freq. in pl. of the single day, PCair.Zen. 762.6 (iii B.C.), LXX 4 Ki. 4.23; ὀψὲ σαββάτων Ev.Matt. 28.1; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν ς. LXX Nu. 15.32, Ev.Luc. 4.16, al. (but ἡ ἡμ. τοῦ ς. ib. 13.14 ): heterocl. dat. pl. σάββασι(ν) LXX 1 Ma. 2.38, J. BJ 1.7.3, al., Ev.Marc. 2.23, al., freq. with v.l. σαββάτοις; but σάββασι is certain in AP 5.159 ( Mel. ).
2 period of seven days, week, εἰς μίαν σαββάτων toward the first day of the week, Ev.Matt. 28.1; κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου 1 Ep.Cor. 16.2; πρώτῃ σαββάτου Ev.Marc. 16.9; τῇ μιᾷ τῶν ς. ib. 2, Ev.Jo. 20.1; δὶς τοῦ ς. Ev.Luc. 18.12.
3 Σαβάτ, the 11t h month of the Hebr. year, nearly = February, LXX 1 Ma. 16.14.
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Where it occurs

Septuagint 97

Numbers (LXX) 15:32 15:33 28:9 28:10 (2×)
Deuteronomy (LXX) 5:12 5:14 5:15
4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 4:23 11:5 11:7 11:9
1 Chronicles (LXX) 9:32 (2×) 23:31
2 Chronicles (LXX) 2:4 8:13 23:4 23:8 (2×) 31:2 36:21
Psalms (LXX) 37:1 47:1 90:16
Hosea (LXX) 2:11
Amos (LXX) 6:3 8:5
Lamentations (LXX) 2:6

Intertestamental 20

1 Esdras 1:55 5:51
Judith 8:6 10:2
2 Maccabees 5:25 8:26 8:27 8:28 12:38
1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 10:17
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