שַׁבָּת
shabbâth · shab-bawth'
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
Lexicon
Derivation: intensive from H7673 (שָׁבַת);
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ([phrase] every) sabbath.
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 שַׁבָּת 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
111 occurrences · 111 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the sabbath17 · 20%
- on the sabbath16 · 18%
- my sabbaths12 · 14%
- is the sabbath4 · 5%
- her sabbaths4 · 5%
- sabbath3 · 3%
- a sabbath3 · 3%
- sabbaths3 · 3%
- in the sabbath2 · 2%
- upon the sabbath2 · 2%
- after the sabbath2 · 2%
- and the sabbath2 · 2%
- for the sabbath2 · 2%
- in the sabbaths2 · 2%
- on the sabbaths2 · 2%
- and sabbaths2 · 2%
- is a sabbath1 · 1%
- which is the sabbath1 · 1%
- you the sabbath1 · 1%
- it shall be a sabbath1 · 1%
- therein: it is the sabbath1 · 1%
- it shall be unto you a sabbath1 · 1%
- your sabbath1 · 1%
- beside the sabbaths1 · 1%
- every sabbath1 · 1%
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.