ΣΑΒΒΑ, σαββα
SABBA, sabba
Sounds Like: SAHB-bah
Translations: Sabbath, a Sabbath, Sabbaths
From the root: ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: The word 'ΣΑΒΒΑ' is an inflection of 'ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΝ', which refers to the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest and worship by Jews and some Christians. It is derived from the Hebrew word for 'rest'. In the provided examples, it appears in plural forms, referring to multiple Sabbath days or the institution of the Sabbath.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G4521 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 34:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΣΑΒΒΑΤΩΝ — of the day before the Sabbath, of the preparation day
- ΣΑΒʼΒΑΤΑ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, Sabbaths, a week
- ΣΑΒʼΒΑΤΟΝ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, week, a week
- ΣΑΒʼΒΑΤΟΥ — (of) Sabbath, (of) a Sabbath, (of) week, (of) a week
- ΣΑΒʼΒΑΤΩΝ — of the Sabbaths, of the weeks, of the Sabbath, of a Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΑΘΗΝΟΥΣ — of Sabbaths, of weeks
- ΣΑΒΑΘΗΣ — of Sabbath, to Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΑΤʼ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, (of) the Sabbath, (on) the Sabbath, (on) a Sabbath, 504
- ΣΑΒΑΤΕΙΑ — Sabateia
- ΣΑΒΑΤΙΝΑ — Sabbath, of the Sabbath, Sabbath things, Sabbath offerings
- ΣΑΒΒΑΙΟΝ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, of the Sabbath, on the Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΣ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, (on) the Sabbath, (of) the Sabbath, (to) the Sabbath, week, a week
- ΣΑΒΒΑΣΙ — to Sabbaths, on Sabbaths, at Sabbaths, Sabbaths
- ΣΑΒΒΑΣΙΝ — Sabbath, Sabbaths, a Sabbath, on the Sabbath, on the Sabbaths
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, Sabbaths, a week, weeks
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤʼ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, of the Sabbath, on the Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΑ — Sabbaths, a Sabbath, the Sabbath, week
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΕΙΟΥ — of the Sabbath, of the Sabbath-place, of the synagogue
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΙΖΩ — to keep the Sabbath, to rest on the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΙΚΟΝ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, of the Sabbath, a Sabbath day, a Sabbath rest, a Sabbath year
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΙΣΜΟΣ — Sabbath rest, a Sabbath rest, rest, keeping of the Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, (of) the Sabbath, (on) the Sabbath, week, a week
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΙΣ — to Sabbaths, on Sabbaths, in Sabbaths, Sabbaths
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΝ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, week, a week
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΟΥ — (of) Sabbath, (of) a Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΩ — Sabbath, a Sabbath, (on) the Sabbath, (on) a Sabbath
- ΣΑΒΒΑΤΩΝ — of Sabbaths, of the Sabbaths, of weeks, of the weeks
- ΣΑΒΒΩ — to the Sabbath, on the Sabbath
- ΣΟΒΒΑΘΑΙΟΣ — Sabbath, of the Sabbath, pertaining to the Sabbath
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