Acts 13:42:8Acts.13.42.W8TAB

σάββατον

sabbaton

Sabbath

Transliteration
SAB-ba-ton
Extended
SAHB-bah-tohn
IPA
/ˈsab.ba.ton/

Meaning by language

English
Sabbath

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Result
σάβ + βα + τον
sab + ba + ton
sabbaton

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Betav — as in victory
Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    SAB-ba-ton

  2. sentence

    ek-si-ON-tōn de au-TŌN pa-re-KA-loun eis to me-ta-KSY SAB-ba-ton la-lē-THÊ-nai au-TOIS ta HRÊ-ma-ta TAU-ta

Exegesis

The construction eis to metaxy sabbaton {εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ σάββατον | eis tò metaxý sábbaton} “for the next Sabbath” expresses the desired time frame of the request, where metaxy {μεταξὺ | metaxý} functions substantivally with the article to denote the intervening or following Sabbath.

Root and etymology

shabbatshin–bet–tav

rest, cessation

In contextActs 13:42

And as they were going out, they kept urging that these words be spoken to them on the next Sabbath .

About this coordinate

Acts 13:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 13:42, so the Greek word σάββατον (sabbaton) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.13.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.42.W8.S1) and character.