What does σάββατον · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?
σάββατον · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "on the Sabbath day".
Greek · G4521, G2250
τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου
The Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications · day
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σάββατον G4521 the Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e. the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications
Pronunciation sábbaton
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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What does τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου (tē hēmera tou sabbatou) mean in the Bible?
σάββατον · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "on the Sabbath day".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4521, G2250?
G4521, G2250 is connected to 68 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. on the Sabbath day
Source Gloss
on the Sabbath day
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 7 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 7 Aligned forms 68 Case pattern Dative (29) Number pattern Singular (43)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Mark 2:27 · Luke 23:54 · John 5:9 · John 5:10 · John 9:14 5×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:8 · Mark 2:28 · Mark 6:2 · Mark 16:1 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 6:5 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 13:16 · Luke 14:5 · Luke 18:12 · John 19:31 · Acts 1:12 · 1 Cor 16:2 13×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 28:1 · Mark 16:2 · Luke 4:16 · Luke 24:1 · John 20:1 · John 20:19 · Acts 13:14 · Acts 16:13 · Acts 20:7 · Col 2:16 11×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:2 · Matt 24:20 · Luke 6:1 · Luke 6:6 · Luke 6:7 · Luke 6:9 · Luke 13:14 · Luke 13:15 · Luke 14:1 · Luke 14:3 · John 5:16 · John 7:22 · John 7:23 · John 19:31 · Acts 13:44 16×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:1 · Matt 12:5 · Matt 12:10 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 12:12 · Mark 1:21 · Mark 2:23 · Mark 2:24 · Mark 3:2 · Mark 3:4 · Luke 4:31 · Luke 6:2 · Luke 13:10 13×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:5 · Mark 2:27 · Luke 23:56 · John 5:18 · John 9:16 · Acts 13:27 · Acts 13:42 · Acts 15:21 · Acts 18:4 9×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Acts 17:2 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain