שָׁבַת
shâbath · shaw-bath'
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
- to repose, i.e. desist from exertion
- used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (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.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁבַת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
71 occurrences · 71 OT · 0 NT · 57 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to cease17 · 31%
- ceased4 · 7%
- thou shalt rest3 · 6%
- cease3 · 6%
- shall cease3 · 6%
- ceaseth3 · 6%
- also shall cease2 · 4%
- to fail2 · 4%
- and he rested1 · 2%
- that in it he had rested1 · 2%
- shall not cease1 · 2%
- and ye make them rest1 · 2%
- ye shall put away1 · 2%
- rested1 · 2%
- he rested1 · 2%
- to be lacking1 · 2%
- shall ye celebrate1 · 2%
- keep1 · 2%
- and i will rid1 · 2%
- rest1 · 2%
- it shall rest1 · 2%
- because it did not rest1 · 2%
- of them to cease1 · 2%
- make1 · 2%
- which hath not left1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.