What does "Week" mean in the Bible?
The division of time into portions of seven days found among many different nations which cannot have adopted it from one another - such as the Chinese. Week appears in 11 verses across 7 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Week?
WEEK. The division of time into portions of seven days found among many different nations which cannot have adopted it from one another - such as the Chinese. Peruvians, etc. - is by some referred back to the order of the creation, and by others to the "seven planets," the principal fact in ancient astronomy. The Jews gave no special names to the days of the week, but simply distinguished them by their number, as the first, second, or third day. The names of the days now in use in the English language are derived from the Saxon, in which they had a mythological signification. Besides weeks of seven days, which were rendered from one Sabbath to another, the Jews had a week of years, or seven years, and a week of seven times seven years, which brought in the fiftieth or jubilee year.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Week?
Greek · G4521
σάββατον
sabbaton
Sabbath
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Week appear in the Bible?
Week is referenced in 11 verses across 7 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2
- Acts 20:7
- Daniel 9:27
- Genesis 29:27
- Genesis 29:28
- John 20:1
- John 20:19
- Luke 18:12
- Luke 24:1
- Mark 16:2
- Mark 16:9
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Week.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Week?
Week appears in 11 verses across 7 books, most often in Genesis, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Week?
Genesis, John, Luke, Mark, 1 Corinthians, Acts, Daniel.
Where can I read every verse about Week?
This page lists 11 of them. Protos carries all 11, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
