Now you're being funny. You well know the Colossians 2:16 verse that the word "days" is NOT... in the Greek which the translators used. That is why Dr. Strong did not assign a number to it. The word for "sabbath" there is the sole Greek word 'sabbaton' put for the Old Testament Hebrew word 'shabbath', which means the Sabbath day, singular! And Dr. James Strong pointed that fact out specifically in his Strong's Exhaustive Concordance! Thus I have caught... your false agenda here to try and change that New Testament Scripture!
I am sorry dear friend but I respectfully disagree with your teachings but allow me to explain why from the scriptures if it might be helpful to the discussion. It seems you either did not read or understand the post or the scriptures provided in
post # 173 linked and
post # 281 linked that disagrees with your teachings. Please take your time and re-read what has been shared with you. I
never said that the word [days] is in the original Greek that some English translations use for translating σάββατον sabbaton to "sabbath [days]". I said some English translations, translate sabbaton as "sabbaths" and others add the word [days] to "sabbath [days]" because the sabbath is a day and it is plural application in the Greek to the annual festivals.
As already posted in the linked posts above some translations of Colossians 2:16 use the supplied word [days] and others simple say "sabbaths" (plural). This is because in the Greek it is genitive neuter plural application of sabbaton which means plural application of σάββατον sabbaton [
GNP] in the Greek. This is why some translations add the word [days] because application and context is to [days] which is plural application of sabbaths. It has the same meaning in English as other translations which use "sabbaths" so adding the word [days] is justified and has the same meaning as "sabbaths" in the original Greek as the application to sabbaths in the annual festivals is to [days] which has the same meaning.
Perhaps the following would be helpful..
Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries w/TVM, Strong - G4521
σάββατον (sábbaton | sab'-bat-on)
Derivation: of Hebrew origin (H7676);
Strong's: the
Sabbath (i.e. Shabbath),
or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension, a se'nnight, i.e.
the interval between two Sabbaths (week);
likewise the plural in all the above applications
Greek Lexicon Of The New Testament, Abbott-Smith - G4521
† σάββατον, - ου, τό
(Aram. שַׁבָּתָא, transliterated σάββατα, and this being mistaken for a pl., the sing. σάββατον was formed from it), and σάββατα, - ων, τά,
[in LXX for H7676, H7677;]
1. the seventh day of the week, the sabbath;
(a) the sing. form - ον, τὸ σ .: Matt 12:8, Mark 2:27, Luke 6:5, al.; ἡ ἡμέρα τ o ῦ σ . (in LXX, Exod 20:8, al., usually τῶν σ ., v. infr.), Luke 13:16; 14:5; ὁδὸς σαββάτου, Acts 1:12 (cf. Matt 24:29); dat., of time ( τῷ) σ ., Luke 6:9; 14:1; ἐν ( τῷ) σ ., Matt 12:2, Luke 6:7, John 5:16, al.; acc, of duration, τὸ σ ., Luke 23:56; κατὰ πᾶν σ ., Acts 13:27; 15:21; 18:4; pl., σ . τρία, 17:2 R, txt. (but v. infr.);
(b) as most freq. in LXX (v. Swete, Mk., 17; Thackeray, Gr., 35)
the plural form, τὰ σ . (v. supr. on the Aram. form. There is also an analogy in the names of other festivals, τ . ἐγκαίνια, ἄζυμα, etc.): Matt 28:1,
Col 2:16; ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σ . (Exod 20:8, al.), Luke 4:16, Acts 13:14; 16:13; dat. pl. (in LXX - τοις, but 1Ma 2:38 as in NT) by metaplasmus (El., § 9, 3), σάββασι, Matt 12:1; 5; 10-12 Mark 1:21; 2:23; 3:2; 4, Luke 4:31; 6:2.
2. seven days, a week;
(a) the sing. form: πρώτη σαββάτσυ, Mark 16:9; δὶς τοῦ σ . (Bl., § 35, 4; 36, 13), Luke 18:12; κατὰ μίαν σαββάτου, 1Co 16:2; pl., σ . τρία, Acts 17:2 R, mg. (but v. supr.);
(b) the pl. form: ἡ μία τῶν σ . (where the gen. = μετὰ τά ; Soph., Lex., 43a), Matt 28:1, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1, John 20:1; 19, Acts 20:7.
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Thayer - G4521
G4521 — σάββατον
σαββάτου, τό (Hebrew שַׁבָּת), found in the N. T. only in the historical books except twice in Paul's Epistles; sabbath; i. e.:
1. the seventh day of each week, which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were required to abstain from all work (Exod 20:10; 31:13; Deut 5:14);
a. singular σάββατον and τό σάββατον: Mark 6:2; (16:1; John 5:9f, etc.; equivalent to the institution of the sabbath, the law for keeping holy every seventh day of the week: Matt 12:8; Mark 2:27; Luke 6:5; λύειν, John 5:18; τηρεῖν, 9:16; ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ σαββάτου (הַשַּׁבָּת יום, Exod 20:8 and often), the day of the sabbath, sabbath-day, Luke 13:16; 14:5; ὁδός σαββάτου, a sabbath-day's journey, the distance it is lawful to travel on the sabbath-day, i. e. according to the Talmud two thousand cubits or paces, according to Epiphanius (haer. 66, 82) six stadia: Acts 1:12, cf. Matt 24:20 (the regulation was derived from Exod 16:29); cf. Winers RWB, under the word Sabbathsweg; Oehler in Herzog xiii., 203f (cf. Leyrer in Herzog edition 2 vol. 9:379); Mangold in Sehenkel v., 127f; (Ginsburg in Alexander's Kitto under the word Sabbath Day's Journey; Lumby on Acts 1:12 (in Cambr. Bible for Schools)). as dative of time (Winers Grammar, § 31, 9 b.; Buttmann, § 133, 26): σαββάτῳ, Matt 24:20 (G L T Tr WH); Luke 14:1; τῷ σαββάτῳ, 6:9 L text T Tr WH; 13:14; 14:3; Acts 13:44; ἐν σαββάτῳ, Matt 12:2; John 5:16; 7:22 (here L WH brackets ἐν),23; ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ, Luke 6:7; John 19:31, accusative τό σάββατον during (on) the sabbath (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 11; Winer's Grammar, § 32,6): Luke 23:56; κατά πᾶν σάββατον every sabbath, Acts 13:27; 15:21; 18:4. plural τά σάββατα, of several sabbaths, 17:2 (some refer this to 2).
b. plural, τά σαββάτων (for the singular) of a single sabbath, sabbath-day;
the use of the plural being occasioned either by the plural names of festivals, as τά ἐγκαίνια, ἄζυμα, γενέσια, or by the Chaldaic form שַׁבָּתָא (Winers Grammar, 177 (167); Buttmann, 23 (21))): Matt 28:1;
Col 2:16 (Exod 20:10; Lev 23:32 etc.; τήν ἑβδόμην σάββατα καλουμεν, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 6, 6; add, 1, 1, 1; (14, 10, 25; Philo de Abrah. § 5; de cherub. § 26; Plutarch, de superstitione 8); τήν τῶν σαββάτων ἑορτήν, Plutarch, symp. 4, 6, 2; hodie tricesima sabbata, Horace sat. 1, 9, 69; nowhere so used by John except in the phrase μία τῶν σαββάτων, on which see 2 below); ἡ ἡμέρα τῶν σαββάτων, Luke 4:16; Acts 13:14; 16:13 (Exod 20:8; 35:3; Deut 5:12; Jer 17:21f); τοῖς σάββασιν and ἐν τοῖς σάββασιν (so constantly (except Lachmann in Matt 12:1, 12:12) by metaplasm for σαββάτοις, cf. Winers Grammar, 63 (62); (Buttmann, 23 (21))) on the sabbath-day: 12:1(see above),5, 10-12 (see above); Mark 1:21; 2:23; 3:2, 3:4; Luke 4:31; 6:9 (R G L marginal reading) (1 Macc. 2:38; the Sept. uses the form σαββάτοις, and Josephus both forms). On the precepts of the Jews with regard to the observance of the sabbath, which were for the most part extremely punctilious and minute, cf. Winers RWB, under the word Sabbath; Oehler in Herzog xiii. 192ff (revised by Orelli in edition 2 vol. xiii. 156ff); Schürer, Zeitgesch. 2te Aufl. § 28 II.; Mangold in Schenkel see, p. 123f; (BB. DD., under the word; Geikie, Life and Words of Christ, chapter xxxviii. vol. ii: p. 95ff; Farrar, Life of Christ, chapter xxxi. vol. i., p. 432f; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, vol. ii., p. 56ff and Appendix, xvii.).
2. seven days, a week: πρώτη σαββάτου, Mark 16:9; δίς τοῦ σαββάτου, twice in the week, Luke 18:12. The plural is used in the same sense in the phrase ἡ μία τῶν σαββάτων, the first day of the week (see εἷς, 5) (Prof. Sophocles regards the genitive (dependent on ἡμέρα) in such examples as those that follow (cf. Mark 16:9 above) as equivalent to μετά with an accusative, the first day after the sabbath; see his Lex., p. 43 par. 6): Matt 28:1; Mark 16:2; Luke 24:1; John 20:1, 20:19; Acts 20:7; κατά μίαν σαββάτων (L T Tr WH σαββάτου), on the first day of every week, 1Co 16:2.
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