What Does Exodus 20:10 Mean?

“day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“But the seventh”

seventh

“is the sabbath”

intermission, i.e (specifically) the sabbath

“of the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“thy God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“in it thou shalt not do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“any work”

properly, deputyship, i.e., ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“thou nor thy son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“nor thy daughter”

a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

“thy manservant”

a servant

“nor thy maidservant”

a maid-servant or female slave

“nor thy cattle”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

“nor thy stranger”

properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that is within thy gates”

an opening, i.e., door or gate