noun · masculine
sabbatismos
Greekσαββατισμός (sabbatismos)
Strong’sG4520
a Sabbath rest
stem sabbatism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† σαββατισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< σαββατίζω, to keep the sabbath, Ex 16:30, al.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4520 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsab-bat-is-mos'
a "sabbatism", i.e. (figuratively) the repose of Christianity (as a type of heaven)
Fromfrom a derivative of G4521;
King Jamesrest.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sabbatismos1×σαββατισμὸς | sabbatismois |
| object accusative | sabbatismon | sabbatismoin |
| direct address vocative | sabbatismor | sabbatismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | sabbatismou | sabbatismoiu |
| to, for dative | sabbatismo | sabbatismoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sabbatismo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sabbatismos“sabbath rest”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 4:9“sabbath rest”ara apoleipitō sabbatismos to lao tou theou;There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.