שַׁבָּתshabbâth

Sabbath

Pronunciation: shab-bawth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7676

Meanings

1. sabbath

a. abstinence from labour (Exodus 16:25; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14)

d. on every sabbath (Exodus 20:11; Exodus 31:17; Leviticus 23:38)

2. day of atonement is a שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֺן (Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 23:32)

3. sabbath year (Leviticus 25:4; Leviticus 25:2; Leviticus 26:34)

4. = week(?) (Leviticus 23:15; Leviticus 25:8; Leviticus 28:8)

5. = produce in sabbath year (growing of itself) (Leviticus 25:6)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 111 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
  • Exodus 16:25 Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the Lord. There will be no food on the ground today.
  • Exodus 16:26 You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”
  • Exodus 16:29 They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”
  • Exodus 20:8 “Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
  • Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).