שַׁבָּתוֹן
shabbâthôwn · shab-baw-thone'
a sabbatism or special holiday
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7676 (שַׁבָּת);
a sabbatism or special holiday
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rest, 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the mark, the covenant sign › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the mark, the covenant sign that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁבָּתוֹן 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of rest7 · 64%
- shall be a sabbath2 · 18%
- is the rest1 · 9%
- shall ye have a sabbath1 · 9%
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.