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Scofield Reference Index
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Thompson Chain Reference
• Weeks, Feast of
• First Day of the Week
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Seventy Weeks
Torrey Topical Textbook
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American Church Dictionary
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• Holy Week
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American Tract Society
• Weeks
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Chabad Knowledge Base
• Three Weeks
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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• Week
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Week
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Absence From Week-Night Services
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Week
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• Holy Week
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Weeks, Feast of
• Week
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Week (2)
• Week
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King James Dictionary
• Week
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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• Seventy Weeks of Daniel
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Weeks Feast of
• Week
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Week
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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• Week
Webster Dictionary
• Cross-Week
• Week
• Week-End
Watson's Theological Dictionary
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Edwin Lord Weeks
• Holy Week
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Seventy Weeks
• Week
• Weeks, Feast of
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Week
• Weeks Feast of
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Chaste Week
• Cross-Week
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Holy Week
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• Week
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Amiel Weeks Whipple
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• Liturgical Week
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Week
• Weeks, Feast of
Lexicons
• σάββατον
• שָׁבוּעַ , שְׁבוּעָה

A period of seven days, under the usual name of a week, שבעת , is mentioned as far back as the time of the deluge, Genesis 7:4; Genesis 7:10; Genesis 8:10; Genesis 8:12; Genesis 29:27-28 . It must, therefore, be considered a very ancient division of time, especially as the various nations among whom it has been noticed, for instance, the Nigri in Africa, appear to have received it from the sons of Noah. The enumeration of the days of the week commenced at Sunday. Saturday was last or seventh, and was the Hebrew Sabbath, or day of rest. The Egyptians gave to the days of the week the same names that they assigned to the planets. From the circumstance that the Sabbath was the principal day of the week, the whole period of seven days was likewise called שפת , in Syriac שבתא , in the New Testament σαββατον and σαββατα . The Jews, accordingly, in designating the successive days of the week, were accustomed to say, the first day of the Sabbath, that is, of the week; the second day of the Sabbath, that is, Sunday, Monday, &c, Mark 16:2; Mark 16:9; Luke 24:1; John 1:19 . In addition to the week of days, the Jews had three other seasons, denominated weeks, Leviticus 25:1-17; Deuteronomy 16:9-10 :

1. The week of weeks. It was a period of seven weeks or forty-nine days, which was succeeded on the fiftieth day by the feast of pentecost, πεντηκοστη , "fifty," Deuteronomy 16:9-10 .

2. The week of years. This was a period of seven years, during the last of which the land remained untilled, and the people enjoyed a Sabbath or season of rest.

3. The week of seven sabbatical years. It was a period of forty-nine years, and was succeeded by the year of jubilee, Leviticus 25:1-22; Leviticus 26:34 . See YEAR .