† 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.: Mt 12:8, Mk 2:27, Lk 6:5, al.; ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ σ. (in LXX, Ex 20:8, al., usually τῶν σ., v. infr.), Lk 13:1614:5; ὁδὸς σαββάτου, Ac 1:12 (cf. Mt 24:20); dat., of time (τῷ) σ., Lk 6:914:1; ἐν (τῷ) σ., Mt 12:2, Lk 6:7, Jo 5:16, al.; acc., of duration, τὸ σ., Lk 23:56; κατὰ πᾶν σ., Ac 13:2715:2118:4; pl., σ. τρία, Ac 17:2 R, txt. (but v. infr.);
(b) as most freq. in LXX (v. Swete, Mk., 17; Thackeray, Gr., 35) the pl. form, τὰ σ. (v. supr. on the Aram. form. There is also an analogy in the names of other festivals, τ. ἐγκαίνια, ἄζυμα, etc.): Mt 28:1, Col 2:16; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σ. (Ex 20:8, al.), Lk 4:16, Ac 13:1416:13; dat. pl. (in LXX -τοις, but I Mac 2:38 as in NT) by metaplasmus (Bl., § 9, 3), σάββασι, Mt 12:1, 5, 10-12Mk 1:212:233:2, 4, Lk 4:316:2.
2. seven days, a week;
(a) the sing. form: πρώτη σαββάτσυ, Mk 16:9; δὶς τοῦ σ. (Bl., § 35, 4; 36, 13), Lk 18:12; κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου, I Co 16:2; pl., σ. τρία, Ac 17:2 R, mg. (but v. supr.);
(b) the pl. form: ἡ μία τῶν σ. (where the gen. = μετὰ τά; Soph., Lex., 43a), Mt 28:1, Mk 16:2, Lk 24:1, Jo 20:1, 19, Ac 20:7