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)