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Lexicon :: Strong's H7673 - šāḇaṯ

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שָׁבַת
Transliteration
šāḇaṯ
Pronunciation
shaw-bath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2323, 2323c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבַת shâbath, shaw-bath'; a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific):—(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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's H7673 in the following manner: cease (47x), rest (11x), away (3x), fail (2x), celebrate (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's H7673 in the following manner: cease (47x), rest (11x), away (3x), fail (2x), celebrate (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to cease, desist, rest

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cease

      2. to rest, desist (from labour)

    2. (Niphal) to cease

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to cease, put an end to

      2. to exterminate, destroy

      3. to cause to desist from

      4. to remove

      5. to cause to fail

  2. (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבַת shâbath, shaw-bath'; a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific):—(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.
STRONGS H7673: Abbreviations
שָׁבַת 71 verb cease, desist, rest (Assyrian šabâtu, probably cease, be completed DlWB ZimKAT 3. 593 (JenZA iv (1889), 277 f. is sceptical); Arabic bdb099101 cut off, interrupt; Late Hebrew has שֶׁבֶת neglect, etc., Aramaic שִׁבְתָּא cost of neglect); —
Qal27 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Genesis 2:3 +; 3rd person plural שָׁבָ֑תוּ Lamentations 5:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁבּוֺת Hosea 7:4; יִשְׁבֹּת Proverbs 22:10 + 2 times; 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁבֹּת Leviticus 26:35; תִּשְׁבַּת Leviticus 26:34; Nehemiah 6:3 +, etc.; —
1. cease: (absolute + 13 times) of seasons Genesis 8:22 (J); manna Joshua 5:12 (P), etc., Isaiah 14:4 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 6:3 +; with מִן Hosea 7:4 + 3 times
2. desist from labour, rest:
a. with מִן (of god) Genesis 2:2, 3(P).
b. מִן omitted, ב temporal Exodus 23:12 (E), Exodus 16:30; Exodus 34:21 (J), Exodus 31:17 (P); בֶּחָרִישׁ וּבַקָּצִיר שׁ׳ Exodus 34:21 (J; i.e., even in these busy seasons).
c. land in 7th year Leviticus 26:34, 35 (twice in verse) (H), 2 Chronicles 36:21. — Leviticus 23:32; Leviticus 25:2 see [שָׁבַת] verb denominative below.
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁבַּת Isaiah 17:3 + 2 times; plural נִשְׁבְּתוּ Ezekiel 6:6; — cease: absolute Ezekiel 6:6; Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 33:28; with מִן Isaiah 17:3.
Hiph. 40 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁבִּית Ruth 4:14 +; 2nd person masculine singular הִשְׁבַּתָּ Psalm 89:45; Psalm 119:119, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁבִּיתּ Proverbs 18:18; Daniel 9:27; וַיַּשְׁבֵּת 2 Kings 23:11; 2 Chronicles 16:5, etc.; Infinitive construct הַשְׁבִּית Psalm 8:3; לַשְׁבִּית Amos 8:4 (Ges§ 53q); Imperative masculine plural הַשְׁבִּ֫יתוּ Isaiah 30:11; Participle מַשְׁבִּית Jeremiah 16:9; Psalm 46:10; —
1. cause to cease, put an end to: with accusative mirth Hosea 2:13, work 2 Chronicles 16:5; Nehemiah 4:5; sacrifice Daniel 9:27; war Psalm 46:10, compare Isaiah 13:11; Ezekiel 7:24; Proverbs 18:18 + 6 times, + קוֺל שָׂשׂוֺן מִן הִשׁ׳ Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9, compare Jeremiah 48:33.
2. = exterminate, destroy: with accusative 2 Kings 23:5, 11; Amos 8:4 (Now conjectures העשׁקים), Hosea 1:4; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 119:119; with accusative + מִן, Jeremiah 36:29, מִן הָאָרֶץ Leviticus 26:6 (H), Ezekiel 34:25; אלילים Ezekiel 30:13; Deuteronomy 32:26.
3. cause to desist from: with מִן Ezekiel 16:41; Ezekiel 34:10; Exodus 5:5 (E = give rest from); לְבִלְתִּי infinitive Joshua 22:25 (P).
4. remove)= מִן הֵסִיר): with מִן Ezekiel 23:27, 48; Psalm 89:45 (text dubious: read הִשְׁבַּתּוֺ [3] Greek Version of the LXX Du; מַטֵּה הֹדוֺ Herz Che, see also below טֳהָר); leaven מבתים Exodus 12:15 (P); מִמָּנֵינוּ ישׂר׳ אֶחקֿ׳ הַשׁ׳ Isaiah 30:11.
5. cause to fail, let be lacking: salt מֵעַל מִנְחָתֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 2:12 (P); accusative pers + ל person Jeremiah 48:35; Ruth 4:14.

† [שָׁבַת] verb denominative keep, observe (sabbath); —
Qal, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb; Perfect 3rd person feminine singular וְשָֽׁבְתָה הָאָרֶץ שַׁבָּת לי׳ Leviticus 25:2; 2nd person masculine plural מֵעֶרֶב עַדעֶֿרֶב תִּשְׁבְּתוּ שַׁבַּתְּכֶ֑ם Leviticus 23:32 (P).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:2; 2:3; 2:3; 8:22

Exodus

5:5; 12:15; 16:30; 23:12; 31:17; 34:21; 34:21

Leviticus

2:12; 23:32; 23:32; 25:2; 25:2; 26:6; 26:34; 26:34; 26:35; 26:35

Deuteronomy

32:26

Joshua

5:12; 22:25

Ruth

4:14; 4:14

2 Kings

23:5; 23:11; 23:11

2 Chronicles

16:5; 16:5; 36:21

Nehemiah

4:5; 6:3; 6:3

Psalms

8:3; 8:3; 46:10; 46:10; 89:45; 89:45; 119:119; 119:119

Proverbs

18:18; 18:18; 22:10

Isaiah

13:11; 14:4; 17:3; 17:3; 30:11; 30:11

Jeremiah

7:34; 16:9; 16:9; 36:29; 48:33; 48:35

Lamentations

5:14

Ezekiel

6:6; 6:6; 7:24; 16:41; 23:27; 23:48; 30:13; 30:18; 33:28; 34:10; 34:25

Daniel

9:27; 9:27

Hosea

1:4; 2:13; 7:4; 7:4

Amos

8:4; 8:4

H7673

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Strong's Number H7673 matches the Hebrew שָׁבַת (šāḇaṯ),
which occurs 71 times in 67 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 2:2–Eze 7:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2 - and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22 - during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Pharaoh also saith, 'Lo, numerous now is the people of the land, and ye have caused them to cease from their burdens!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:30 - And the people rest on the seventh day,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - between Me and the sons of Israel it is a sign -- to the age; for six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and in the seventh day He hath ceased, and is refreshed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - 'Six days thou dost work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest; in ploughing-time and in harvest thou dost rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - And every offering -- thy present -- with salt thou dost season, and thou dost not let the salt of the covenant of thy God cease from thy present; with all thine offerings thou dost bring near salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - It is a sabbath of rest to you, and ye have humbled yourselves in the ninth of the month at even; from evening till evening ye do keep your sabbath.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:2 - 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - 'And I have given peace in the land, and ye have lain down, and there is none causing trembling; and I have caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, and the sword doth not pass over into your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 - 'Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths -- all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies -- then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:35 - all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - for a border hath Jehovah put between us and you, O sons of Reuben, and sons of Gad -- Jordan; ye have no portion in Jehovah -- and your sons have caused our sons to cease, not to fear Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - And the women say unto Naomi, 'Blessed is Jehovah who hath not let a redeemer cease to thee to-day, and his name is proclaimed in Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he hath caused to cease the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah have appointed, (and they make perfume in high places, in cities of Judah and suburbs of Jerusalem,) and those making perfume to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he causeth to cease the horses that the kings of Judah have given to the sun from the entering in of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech the eunuch, that is in the suburbs, and the chariots of the sun he hath burnt with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath -- to the fulness of seventy years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - And I send unto them messengers, saying, 'A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - Hast caused him to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:119

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - Dross! Thou hast caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Thy testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18 - The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I have appointed on the world evil, And on the wicked their iniquity, And have caused to cease the excellency of the proud, And the excellency of the terrible I make low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And removed have been gladness and joy from the fruitful field, And in vineyards they sing not, nor shout, Wine in the presses treadeth not the treader, Shouting I have caused to cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A hard vision hath been declared to me, The treacherous dealer is dealing treacherously, And the destroyer is destroying. Go up, O Elam, besiege, O Media, All its sighing I have caused to cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - Desolated have been highways, Ceased hath he who passeth along the path, He hath broken covenant, He hath despised enemies, He hath not esteemed a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - And I have caused to cease from cities of Judah, And from streets of Jerusalem, The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, Voice of bridegroom, and voice of bride, For the land doth become a desolation!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am causing to cease from this place, Before your eyes, and in your days, The voice of joy, and the voice of rejoicing, The voice of bridegroom and voice of bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 - If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - and unto Jehoiakim king of Judah thou dost say: Thus said Jehovah, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Wherefore hast thou written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely cometh in, and hath destroyed this land, and caused to cease from it man and beast?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - And removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting is no shouting!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of Jehovah, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - The aged from the gate have ceased, Young men from their song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - Ceased hath the joy of our heart, Turned to mourning hath been our dancing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - And I have brought in the wicked of the nations, And they have possessed their houses, And I have caused to cease the excellency of the strong, And polluted have been those sanctifying them.

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