Friday, May 30, 2025

Sabbaton | Greek Mnemonics


Bill Mounce’s Basics of Biblical Greek Vocabulary Cards (2nd Edition):

18. sabbaton (σάββατον, -ου, τό): Sabbath; week


Mnemonics / Memory Aids:

A.) Sabbath is a transliteration of this word. The sabretooth tiger sat on the weak [week] cave man to sabotage his hunting expedition on the Sabbath. (Tanner Huss) 

B.) My teacher is on Sabbat-ical until the end of the ‘week’. (Danny Zacharias, FlashGreek Lite) 

C.) Sabatoge is not permitted on the "Sabbath." (Dr. Meg Ramey) 

D.) Sabbaton = Sabbath on repeat. Think: Sabbaton sounds like "Sabbath on." If the Sabbath is "on," it happens every week—so Sabbaton = Sabbath or week. (ChatGPT) 

E.) When Greek words you begin to speak, Remember "sabbaton" means week. (Google Gemini) 

F.) It marks the rest, the seventh sun, And counts the days until it's done. (ChatGPT) 

G.) It’s Sabbath day, or days combined, A week of time that God designed. (ChatGPT)

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