The meaning of “שָׁבַת”
Understanding shâbath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (...
שָׁבַת
(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. - to repose, i.e. desist from exertion - used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific) 1) to cease, desist, rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease 1a2) to rest, desist (from labour) 1b) (Niphal) to cease 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cease, put an end to 1c2) to exterminate, destroy 1c3) to cause to desist from 1c4) to remove 1c5) to cause to fail 2) (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:3 | “And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Word: שָׁבַת (shâbath) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:26 | “I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:” Word: שָׁבַת (shâbath) | |
| 2 Kings 23:11 | “And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan–melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.” Word: שָׁבַת (shâbath) | |
| Job 32:1 | “So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.” Word: שָׁבַת (shâbath) | |
| Isaiah 21:2 | “A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.” Word: שָׁבַת (shâbath) |
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