Sabbath
σάββατονStrong’s G4521sabbaton
Appears in 62 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sabbaton is the Greek word usually translated “sabbath”, “sabbaths” and “week”. It appears in 62 verses of the New Testament.
“At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sabbath”, “sabbaths” and “week”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sabbath 38
- sabbaths 17
- week 5
- on a sabbath 2
- of week 2
- of sabbaths 1
- of the week 1
- a sabbath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 19
- Mark 11
- John 11
- Acts 10
- Matthew 9
- 1 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:2But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
- Matthew 12:5Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
- Matthew 12:8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
- Matthew 12:10And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
- Matthew 12:11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Matthew 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
All 62 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
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 …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sabbath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SABBATH, noun
- The day which God appointed to be observed by the Jews as a day of rest from all secular labor or employments, and to be kept holy and consecrated to his service and worship.
- Intermission of pain or sorrow; time of rest.
- The sabbatical year among the Israelites. Leviticus 25:2
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.