Hebrew word study

שָׁבַתshâbath — to repose, i.e. desist from exertion

Pronounced “shaw-bath'”

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

Translated in the King James as: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.

Appears 71 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 3×

Genesis 2:2 Genesis 2:3 Genesis 8:22

Exodus — 7×

Exodus 5:5 Exodus 12:15 Exodus 16:30 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 31:17 Exodus 34:21+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 7×

Leviticus 2:13 Leviticus 23:32 Leviticus 25:2 Leviticus 26:6 Leviticus 26:34 Leviticus 26:35+ 1 more in Leviticus

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 32:26

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 5:12 Joshua 22:25

Ruth — 1×

Ruth 4:14

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 23:5 2 Ki 23:11

2 Chronicles — 2×

2 Chr 16:5 2 Chr 36:21

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 4:11 Nehemiah 6:3

Job — 1×

Job 32:1

Psalms — 4×

Psalms 8:2 Psalms 46:9 Psalms 89:44 Psalms 119:119

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 18:18 Proverbs 22:10

Isaiah — 10×

Isaiah 13:11 Isaiah 14:4 Isaiah 16:10 Isaiah 17:3 Isaiah 21:2 Isaiah 24:8 Isaiah 30:11 Isaiah 33:8+ 2 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 6×

Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 16:9 Jeremiah 31:36 Jeremiah 36:29 Jeremiah 48:33 Jeremiah 48:35

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 5:14 Lam 5:15

Ezekiel — 13×

Ezekiel 6:6 Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 12:23 Ezekiel 16:41 Ezekiel 23:27 Ezekiel 23:48 Ezekiel 26:13 Ezekiel 30:10 Ezekiel 30:13 Ezekiel 30:18 Ezekiel 33:28 Ezekiel 34:10 Ezekiel 34:25

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 9:27 Daniel 11:18

Hosea — 3×

Hosea 1:4 Hosea 2:11 Hosea 7:4

Amos — 1×

Amos 8:4

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