Category:Week

Week, n. Etym: [oe. weke, wike, woke, wuke as. weocu, wicu, wucu; Akin to os. wika, ofries. wike, d. week, g. woche, ohg. wohha, wehha, Icel. vika, sw. vecka, dan. uge, goth. wik, probably originally Meaning, a succession or change, and akin to g. wechsel change, l. Vicis turn, alternation, and e. weak. Cf. Weak.]

Defn: a period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one sabbath Or sunday to the next. I fast twice in the week. Luke xviii. 12.

Note: although it [the week] did not enter into the calendar of the Greeks, and was not introduced at rome till after the reign of Theodesius, it has been employed from time immemorial in almost all Eastern countries. Encyc. Brit. Feast of weeks. See pentecost, 1. -- prophetic week, a week of years, or seven years. Dan. ix. 24. -- week day. See under day.

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Week - From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting of six days of working and one of rest (Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3; Genesis 7:10; Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12; Genesis 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes afterwards more frequent (Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 12:5; Numbers 28:26; Deuteronomy 16:16; 2 Chronicles 8:13; Jeremiah 5:24; Daniel 9:24; Daniel 10:2, Daniel 10:3). It has been found to exist among almost all nations.