Definition

a fore-sabbath, i.e. the Sabbath-eve

Etymology

from G4253 (πρό) and G4521 (σάββατον);

Word family

• πρό pró
• σάββατον sábbaton

How the KJV renders it

• day before the sabbath

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.