σάββατον

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.: Matt 12,8, Mark 2,27, Luk 6,5, al.; ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ σ. (in LXX, 2 Mos 20,8, al., usually τῶν σ., see infr.), Luk 13,16; 14,5; ὁδὸς σαββάτου, ApG 1,12 (cf. Matt 24,29); dative, of time (τῷ) σ., Luk 6,9; 14,1; ἐν (τῷ) σ., Matt 12,2, Luk 6,7, Joh 5,16, al.; accusative, of duration, τὸ σ., Luk 23,56 κατὰ πᾶν σ., ApG 13,27; 15,21; 18,4; pl., σ. τρία, ApG 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.): Matt 28,1, Kol 2,16; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σ. (2 Mos 20,8, al.), Luk 4,16, ApG 13,14; 16,13; dative pl. (in LXX -τοις, but 1Ma 2,38 as in NT) by metaplasmus (El., § 9, 3), σάββασι, Matt 12,1, 5; 12,10-12 Mark 1,21; 2,23; 3,2, 4, Luk 4,31; 6,2.

2. seven days, a week;

(a) the sing. form: πρώτη σαββάτσυ, Mark 16,9 δὶς τοῦ σ. (Bl., § 35, 4; 36, 13), Luk 18,12 κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου, 1 Kor 16,2 pl., σ. τρία, ApG 17,2 R, mg. (but see supr.);

(b) the pl. form: ἡ μία τῶν σ. (where the genitive = μετὰ τά; Soph., Lex., 43a), Matt 28,1, Mark 16,2, Luk 24,1, Joh 20,1, 19, ApG 20,7