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sabbaton G4521

σάββατον (sabbaton) means “Sabbath” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

σάββατον Greek · G4521 67 tagged occurrences in 61 verses

Pronunciation guide: sab'-bat-on Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · 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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the Sabbath, a week.

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How translators render G4521

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sabbath 43
the sabbath 9
week 6
of the week 3
a sabbath 2
one sabbath 2
a sabbath days 1
on the sabbath 1
sabbaths 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the sabbath day 14
the sabbath 9
of the week 8
on the sabbath day 6
on the sabbath days 5
of the sabbath 4
on the sabbath 4
sabbath 4
sabbath day 3
the sabbath days 2
a sabbath days 1
in the week 1
of the sabbath day 1
sabbath days 1
when the sabbath 1
when the sabbath day 1

Verses containing G4521

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  1. Matthew 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

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  2. Matthew 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

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  3. Matthew 12:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?

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  4. Matthew 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

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  5. Matthew 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

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  6. Matthew 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

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  7. Matthew 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

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  8. Matthew 24:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

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  9. Matthew 28:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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  10. Mark 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.

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  11. Mark 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

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  12. Mark 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

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  13. Mark 2:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

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  14. Mark 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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  15. Mark 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

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  16. Mark 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

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  17. Mark 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

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  18. Mark 16:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint the body of Jesus.

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  19. Mark 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

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  20. Luke 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

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  21. Luke 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.

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  22. Luke 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.

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  23. Luke 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

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  24. Luke 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus declared, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

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  25. Luke 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.

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  26. Luke 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

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  27. Luke 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

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  28. Luke 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

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  29. Luke 13:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”

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  30. Luke 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?

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  31. Luke 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”

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  32. Luke 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

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  33. Luke 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

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  34. Luke 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

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  35. Luke 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

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  36. Luke 23:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.

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  37. Luke 23:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they returned to prepare spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

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  38. Luke 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.

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  39. John 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

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  40. John 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

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  41. John 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

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  42. John 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

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  43. John 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

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  44. John 7:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

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  45. John 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

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  46. John 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.

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  47. John 19:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.

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  48. John 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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  49. John 20:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.

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  50. Acts 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

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