Word study · Greek
sabbaton
Sabbath
Say it: SAB-bah-ton (approximate)
σάββατον
What it means
The Greek form of the Hebrew shabbat, the seventh day of rest from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Keeping it was one of the clearest marks of Jewish identity, and it's the setting of three early conflicts in Mark (2:23-3:6) and of Jesus' first healings in Capernaum (1:21).
Range of meaning
- The Sabbath dayThe seventh day, set apart for rest.
- A weekAs in "the first day of the week" (28:1).
In Mark
- Chapter 2
The Sabbath controversy over the grain (2:23-28).
- Chapter 3
The healing on the Sabbath (3:2, 3:4).
Every verse (12)
- Mark 1:21
- Mark 2:23
- Mark 2:24
- Mark 2:27
- Mark 2:28
- Mark 3:2
- Mark 3:4
- Mark 6:2
- Mark 15:42
- Mark 16:1
- Mark 16:2
- Mark 16:9
Verses where G4521 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources