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Let's look at the Hebrew for a definition of these terms that have been translated into Greek.

(7676) shabbath/shab-bawth': intensive from 'shabath' (7673); intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath:--(+ every) sabbath.

(7677) shabbathown/shab-baw-thone': from 'shabbath' (7676); a sabbatism or special holiday:--rest, sabbath.-

The Hebrew for Sabbath is Shabbath and has been translated into Greek as SABBATON. The word Shabbath in the Old Testament appears as follows: Exo 16:23, Exo 16:25, Exo 16:26, Exo 16:29, Exo 20:8, Exo 20:10, Exo 20:11, Exo 31:14, Exo 31:15, Exo 31:15, Exo 31:16, Exo 31:16, Exo 35:2, Exo 35:3, Lev 16:31, Lev 23:3, Lev 23:3, Lev 23:11, Lev 23:15, Lev 23:16, Lev 23:32, Lev 23:32, Lev 24:8, Lev 25:2, Lev 25:4, Lev 25:4, Lev 25:6, Num 15:32, Num 28:9, Num 28:10, Deu 5:12, Deu 5:14, Deu 5:15, 2 Ki 4:23, 2 Ki 11:5, 2 Ki 11:7, 2 Ki 11:9, 2 Ki 11:9, 2 Ki 16:18, 1 Chr 9:32, 2 Chr 23:4, 2 Chr 23:8, 2 Chr 23:8, Neh 9:14, Neh 10:31, Neh 10:31, Neh 13:15, Neh 13:15, Neh 13:16, Neh 13:17, Neh 13:18, Neh 13:19, Neh 13:19, Neh 13:19, Neh 13:21, Neh 13:22, Psa 92:1, Isa 56:2, Isa 56:6, Isa 58:13, Isa 58:13, Isa 66:23, Jer 17:21, Jer 17:22, Jer 17:22, Jer 17:24, Jer 17:24, Jer 17:27, Jer 17:27, Eze 46:1, Eze 46:4, Eze 46:12, Amos 8:5

On the other hand the word for "Special Sabbath" is Shabbathone and can be found here: Lev 23:24, Lev 23:39 (twice)

Let's look at these two passages:

[Leviticus 23:24] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of horns, a holy convocation. And the Hebrew transliterated: dabēr ’el-bənê yiśərā’ēl lē’mōr baḥōḏeš haššəḇî‘î bə’eḥāḏ laḥōḏeš yihəyeh lāḵem šabāṯwōn ziḵərwōn tərû‘â miqərā’-qōḏeš:

[Leviticus 23:39] Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of HaShem seven days; on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. And the Hebrew transliterated: ’aḵə baḥămiššâ ‘āśār ywōm laḥōḏeš haššəḇî‘î bə’āsəpəḵem ’eṯ-təḇû’aṯ hā’āreṣ tāḥōgû ’eṯ-ḥaḡ-yəhwâ šiḇə‘aṯ yāmîm bayywōm hāri’šwōn šabāṯwōn ûḇayywōm haššəmînî šabāṯwōn:

Shabbathone can also be found here: Exo 16:23(One of the Sabbaths between Passover and Pentecost to be counted as later outlined in [Leviticus 23:15]), Exo 31:15(lists both), Exo 35:2(lists both), Lev 16:31(Atonement), Lev 23:3(lists both), Lev 23:32(Atonement), Lev 25:4(Sabbatical Year), Lev 25:5(Sabbatical Year) Where both Shabbath and Shabbathone are found it is referred to as a Sabbath of rest.

Shabbathone is designated a Special Sabbath according to the above passages and each time it is duplicated it is because it has been referred to as Sabbath of "Rest" also....a special Sabbath as it were.

When the writers of the New Testament authored the Gospels and the books of Acts, Corinthians and Colossians (where SABBATWN occurs) they were familiar with the Hebrew terminology of Shabbathone meaning a "set apart day"....a special Sabbath. They also knew that an ordinary seventh day Sabbath was called a Shabbath (SABBATON). When the resurrection verses were penned the author's designated these Sabbath days as SABBATWN because the resurrection occurred on the first Sabbath between Passover and Pentecost......one of the special Sabbaths that the Hebrews were to observe and count [Leviticus 23:15]. The other instance of SABBATWN in the New Testament refers to to God's annual feast days [Colossians 2:16] mh oun tiV umaV krinetw en brwsei h en posei h en merei eorthV h noumhnias h sabbatwn. And the English: Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths.

To head off some possibl1e questions .......the passages that list SABBATWN in Acts and Corinthians are also speaking of "one of the Sabbaths" between Passover and Pentecost.....as well.

The major point to be made is that in every resurrection text the word used is the Hebrew "Shabbathone" carried over into it's Greek designation of SABBATWN, which by definition would mean a "Special Sabbath". The official SABBATWN are "Trumpets, Atonement, and the first and last days of Tabernacles." Over time, all important annually recognized Shabbaths that were not just weekly Sabbaths came to be known as Shabbathone....and this included the seven counted weekly Sabbaths between Passover and Penetcost and they became known by the Greek word SABBATWN.