σάββατον sabbaton

Greek word for “Sabbath” · Strong’s G4521 · used 68 times in 62 verses

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Meaning

σάββατον, -ου, τό (Aram.

How it is translated

Glosses given for sabbaton in context, with how often each is used:

• sabbath 36
• sabbaths 17
• week 8
• sabbath? 3
• sabbath — 2
• sabbaths? 1
• sabbath day’s 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 12 (7), Luke 6 (6), Mark 2 (4), Luke 13 (4), John 5 (4), Acts 13 (4), Mark 16 (3), Luke 14 (3), Mark 3 (2), Luke 4 (2)

Forms

• σαββάτῳ 16
• σάββασιν 13
• σάββατον 13
• σαββάτου 13
• σαββάτων 11
• σάββατόν 1
• σάββατα 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sabbaton more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔξεστι exesti, exon “be permitted” 9
• συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 8
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 11
• θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 6
• Φαρισαῖος Pharisaios “Pharisee” 7
• εἷς ehis “one” 9
• Μαγδαληνή Magdalēnē “Magdalene” 4
• σπόριμος sporimos “grainfield” 3
• τίλλω tillō “to pluck” 3
• ἤ ē “or” 7
• στάχυς stachus “head of grain” 3
• ἄρωμα arōma “spices” 3

Key verses

The verses using sabbaton that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 13:14 — And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in…
• Luke 18:12 — I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
• John 5:18 — Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with…
• John 9:16 — Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such…
• John 20:1 — The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
• John 20:19 — Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and…
• Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have…
• Acts 17:2 — And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
• Acts 18:4 — And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
• Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his…
• 1 Corinthians 16:2 — Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
• Colossians 2:16 — Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.