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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Week

There can be no doubt about the great antiquity of measuring time by a period of seven days. (Genesis 8:10; 29:27) The origin of this division of time is a matter which has given birth to much speculation. Its antiquity is so great its observance so widespread, and it occupies so important a place in sacred things, that it must probably be thrown back as far as the creation of man. The week and the Sabbath are thus as old as man himself. A purely theological ground is thus established for the week. They who embrace this view support it by a reference to the six days' creation and the divine rest on the seventh. 1st. That the week rests on a theological ground may be cheerfully acknowledged by both sides; but nothing is determined by such acknowledgment as to the original cause of adopting this division of time. Whether the week gave its sacredness to the number seven, or whether the ascendancy of that number helped to determine the dimensions of the week, it is impossible to say. 2d. The weekly division was adopted by all the Shemitic races, and, in the later period of their history at least, by the Egyptians. On the other hand, there is no reason for thinking the week known till a late period to either Greeks or Romans. So far from the week being a division of time without ground in nature, there was much to recommend its adoption. And further, the week is a most natural and nearly an exact quadri-partition of the month, so that the quarters of the moon may easily have suggested it. It is clear that if not in Paul's time, yet very soon after, the whole Roman world had adopted the hebdomadal division. Weeks, Feast of. [PENTECOST]

Easton's Bible Dictionary
From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Genesis 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10, 12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards more frequent (Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 12:5; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 16:16; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Jeremiah 5:24; Dan. 9:24-27; 10:2, 3). It has been found to exist among almost all nations.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday to the next.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
WEEK

wek (shebhua`, from shebha`, "seven"; sabbaton-ta, "from sabbath to sabbath"): The seven-day division of time common to the Hebrews and Babylonians (Genesis 29:27, 28 Luke 18:12). See ASTRONOMY; TIME. "Week" is used in the apocalyptic writings of Daniel for an unknown, prophetic period (Daniel 9:24-27). For the names of the days see ASTROLOGY, 12.

Greek
4521. sabbaton -- the Sabbath, ie the seventh day (of the week)
... the Sabbath, ie the seventh day (of the week). Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: sabbaton Phonetic Spelling: (sab'-bat-on) Short Definition: the ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4521.htm - 7k

1207 -- second, after the first.
... From deuteros and protos; second-first, ie (specially) a designation of the Sabbath
immediately after the Paschal week (being the second after Passover day ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1207.htm - 6k

1145. dakruo -- to weep
... to weep. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dakruo Phonetic Spelling:
(dak-roo'-o) Short Definition: I shed tears, week Definition: I shed tears, weep. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1145.htm - 6k

106. azumos -- unleavened
... particle) and zume; unleavened, ie (figuratively) uncorrupted; (in the neutral plural)
specially (by implication) the Passover week -- unleavened (bread). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/106.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew
7620. shabua -- a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week
... shabua. 7621 . a period of seven (days, years), heptad, week. Transliteration:
shabua Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-boo'-ah) Short Definition: weeks. ... seven, week. ...
/hebrew/7620.htm - 6k

7651. sheba -- seven
... shib-aw'}; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one);
also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an ...
/hebrew/7651.htm - 7k

Library

His Last Week
His Last Week. <. His Last Week William E. Barton. William E.
Barton; Theodore G. Soares; Sydney Strong; Produced by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/barton/his last week/

Easter Week
... EASTER WEEK. Written for music to be sung at a parish industrial exhibition)
See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/easter week.htm

A Busy Week
... Chapter 12. Wesley's Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations;
the Speaking Statue; Wesley's Pentecost A Busy Week. Monday ...
//christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/a busy week.htm

Holy Week
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Holy Week. [537]143 All glory, laud, and honor
[538]144 The royal banners forward go [539]145 Ride on! ride ...
/.../various/the hymnal of the protestant episcopal church in the usa/holy week.htm

Through the Week
... THE HYMNAL. I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Through the Week. [110]32 From every
stormy wind that blows [111]33 O help us, Lord, each hour ...
/.../the hymnal of the protestant episcopal church in the usa/through the week.htm

A Sunday in the Week of the First Tone
... A Sunday in the Week of the First Tone. 8,8,8,8,8,8 Germanicus (634-734). By fruit,
the ancient Foe's device. Drave Adam forth from Paradise: ...
/.../neale/hymns of the eastern church/a sunday in the week.htm

Tuesday in Passion Week. By the which Will we are Sanctified ...
... Tuesday in Passion Week. By the which will we are sanctified, through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. By ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/tuesday in passion week by.htm

Passion Week in the Garden.
... Passion Week In the Garden. I. In the Garden. 7,6,7,6. Wenn je du wieder zagst.
[76]W. Hey.1828. Whenever again thou sinkest,. My heart, beneath thy load,. ...
/.../lyra germanica second series the christian life/passion week in the garden.htm

Passion Week at the Sepulchre.
... Passion Week At the Sepulchre. V. At the Sepulchre. 4,4,7,7,6. Nun gingst auch
Du. [84]Viktor Strauss. Thou sore-oppress'd,. The Sabbath rest. ...
/.../passion week at the sepulchre.htm

How to Keep Passion Week
... SERMON I. HOW TO KEEP PASSION WEEK. (Preached before the Queen.) ... This the first day
of Passion Week; and this text is the key-note of Passion Week. ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon i how to keep.htm

Thesaurus
Week (18 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WEEK. ... See ASTRONOMY; TIME. "Week" is used in the
apocalyptic writings of Daniel for an unknown, prophetic period (Daniel 9:24-27). ...
/w/week.htm - 13k

Early (157 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 28:1 After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the
week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre. (WEY). ...
/e/early.htm - 40k

Lord's (548 Occurrences)
... Lord's day. Only once, in Revelation 1:10, was in the early Christian ages used
to denote the first day of the week, which commemorated the Lord's resurrection. ...
/l/lord's.htm - 88k

Sepulcher (48 Occurrences)
... Matthew 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. ...
/s/sepulcher.htm - 20k

Sepulchre (57 Occurrences)
... Matthew 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. ...
/s/sepulchre.htm - 25k

Weeks (17 Occurrences)
... of the commandments to restore and build Jerus" (Daniel 9:25), is divided into three
parts, 7 weeks (49 years), 62 weeks (434 years), and one week (7 years). ...
/w/weeks.htm - 16k

Morrow (113 Occurrences)
... or mochoratham, "the morrow," or "tomorrow," "the day following"; mochorath ha-shabbath,
"the day after the Sabbath," ie the first day of the week): The first ...
/m/morrow.htm - 41k

Seventy (97 Occurrences)
... of the commandments to restore and build Jerus" (Daniel 9:25), is divided into three
parts, 7 weeks (49 years), 62 weeks (434 years), and one week (7 years). ...
/s/seventy.htm - 47k

Easter (1 Occurrence)
... According to this reckoning it began on the evening of the 14th day of the moon
of the month of Nican without regard to the day of the week, while the ...
/e/easter.htm - 12k

Dawn (70 Occurrences)
... Matthew 28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the
week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. ...
/d/dawn.htm - 28k

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Week (18 Occurrences)

Matthew 28:1
Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 16:2
Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 16:9
Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 13:14
Then the Warden of the Synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured her on a Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in the week on which people ought to work. On those days therefore come and get yourselves cured, and not on the Sabbath day."
(WEY)

Luke 18:12
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:1
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 19:14
Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
(See NIV)

John 20:1
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 20:19
When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

John 20:26
A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them, when Jesus came--though the doors were locked--and stood in their midst, and said, "Peace be to you."
(WEY NIV)

Acts 20:6
But we ourselves sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined them in the Troad, where we remained for a week.
(WEY)

Acts 20:7
On the first day of the week, when the disciples were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and continued his speech until midnight.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 28:14
Here we found brethren, who invited us to remain with them for a week; and so we reached Rome.
(WEY NIV)

1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:55
But her brother and her mother said, Let the girl be with us a week or ten days, and then she may go.
(BBE YLT)

Genesis 29:27
Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:28
Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 23:16
even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Week

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Seventy (97 Occurrences)

Easter (1 Occurrence)

Dawn (70 Occurrences)

Magdalene (12 Occurrences)

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Feasts (45 Occurrences)

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