is used (a) in the plural in the phrase "the first day of the week," Mat 28:1, Mar 16:2, Mar 16:9, Luk 24:1, Joh 20:1, Joh 20:19, Act 20:7, 1Co 16:2. For this idiomatic use of the word see ONE, A, (5); (b) in the singular, Luk 18:12, "twice in the week," lit., "twice of the sabbath," i.e., "twice in the days after the sabbath." See SABBATH.