Hypertext Webster Gateway: "week"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Week
From the beginning, time was divided into weeks, each consisting
of six days of working and one of rest (Gen. 2:2, 3; 7:10; 8:10,
12; 29:28). The references to this division of days becomes
afterwards more frequent (Ex. 34:22; Lev. 12:5; Num. 28:26;
Deut. 16:16; 2 Chr. 8:13; Jer. 5:24; Dan. 9:24-27; 10:2, 3). It
has been found to exist among almost all nations.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Week \Week\, n. [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}.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
week
n 1: any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"
[syn: {hebdomad}]
2: a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday [syn:
{calendar week}]
3: hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a
40-hour week" [syn: {workweek}]
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