שַׁבָּתוֹןshabbâthôwn
sabbath observance, sabbatism, sabbath of sabbatic observance
Pronunciation: shab-baw-thone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7677
Meanings
1. of weekly sabbath (Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2; Leviticus 23:3)
2. day of atonement (Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 23:32)
3. sabbatical year (Leviticus 25:4; Leviticus 25:5)
4. alone of feast of trumpets (Leviticus 23:24; Leviticus 23:39)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 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 31:15 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.
- Exodus 35:2 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.
- Leviticus 16:31 It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.
- Leviticus 23:3 “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the Lord’s Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
- Leviticus 23:24 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn, you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet.
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).