HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7676
שַׁבָּת
shab.bat — Sabbath
Sabbath 1a) sabbath 1b) day of atonement 1c) sabbath year 1d) week 1e) produce (in sabbath year)
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Week
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G4521
σάββατον
sabbaton — Sabbath
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 (AS)
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שָׁבוּעַ
sha.vu.a — Weeks
Feast of Weeks, Also named: pentēkostē (πεντηκοστή "Pentecost" G4005) This name means seven,
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שַׁבָּתוֹן
shab.ba.ton — sabbath observance
1) Sabbath observance, sabbatism 1a) of weekly sabbath 1b) day of atonement 1c) sabbatical year 1d) of Feast of Trumpets 1e) of the 1st and last days of the Feast of Tabernacles
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πρύτανις
prutanis — president
1. a prince, ruler, lord, chief , of Hiero, (Pindar); of Zeus, (Pindar) 2. at Athens, a Prytanis or President : the πρυτάνεις were a committee of 50, chosen by lot from each of the 10 φυλαί, so that each set formed 1/10 part of the βουλή or Council of 500; out of these 50 πρυτάνεις one was chosen by lot as chief-president ἐπιστάτης); he chose 9 πρόεδρο; and the real business was in the hands of this smaller body, with a secretary γραμματεύς); added.—;The φυλή which first entered office every year was determined by lot; and their term of office πρυτανεία); was about five weeks. During this time all treaties and public acts ran in their name, in this form: Ἀκαμαντὶς φυλὴ, ἐπρυτάνευε, Φαίνιππος ἐγραμμάτευε, Νικιάδης ἐπεστάτει the Tribe Acamantis were the Presidency, Phaenippus the Secretary, Niciades the Chief-president, (Thucydides) (ML)
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ἑβδομάς
hebdomas — a period of seven
1. the number seven or a number of seven , [variant datesAnthology Palantina 2. a period of seven days, a week (Aristotle Philosopher): also of seven years, a septenary , (Aristotle Philosopher) (ML)
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From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards more frequent (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 12:5; Num. 28:26; Deut. 16:16; 2 Chr. 8:13; Jer. 5:24; Dan. 9:24-27; 10:2, 3). It has been found to exist among almost all nations.
Scripture references
Genesis 2:2Genesis 2:3Exodus 34:22Leviticus 12:5Numbers 28:26Deuteronomy 16:162 Chronicles 8:13Jeremiah 5:24Daniel 9:24-27Daniel 10:2Daniel 10:3Genesis 8:10Genesis 29:27
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.