Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BES

BES

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H7673 - šāḇaṯ

Choose a new font size and typeface
שָׁבַת
Transliteration
šāḇaṯ
Pronunciation
shaw-bath'
Listen
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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:2 - [fn] And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God [fn]began to do.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22 - All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:30 - And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six days shalt thou do thy works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and that the son of thy maid-servant and the stranger may be refreshed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: there shall be rest in seed-time and harvest.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours ye shall offer salt to the Lord your God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - It shall be a holy sabbath to you; and ye shall humble your souls, from the ninth day of the month: from evening to evening ye shall keep your sabbaths.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:2 - Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whensoever ye shall have entered into the land, which I give to you, then the land shall rest which I give to you, for its sabbaths to the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 - Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:35 - And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep sabbaths which it kept not among your sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I said, I will scatter them, and I will cause their memorial to cease from among men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phœnicians in that year.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - Whereas the Lord has set boundaries between us and you, even Jordan, and ye have no portion [fn]in the Lord: so your sons shall alienate our sons, that they should not worship the Lord.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - And the women said to Noemin, Blessed is the Lord, who has not suffered a redeemer to fail thee this day, even to make thy name famous in Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - And he burned the [fn]idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda had [fn]appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places round about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to [fn]Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he burned the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, [fn]by the treasury of Nathan the [fn]king's eunuch, in the [fn]suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, until the land should enjoy its sabbaths in resting and sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - (LXX 4:5) And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - (LXX 8:3) [fn] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - (LXX 45:10) Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - (LXX 88:45) Thou hast deprived him of [fn]glory: thou hast broken down his throne to the ground.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - (LXX 118:119) I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved thy testimonies.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18 - A silent man quells strifes, and determines between great powers.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - And I will command evils for the whole world, and will visit their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, [fn]How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not rejoice at all in thy vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for the vintage has ceased.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - And I will destroy out of the cities of Juda, and the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of them that make merry, and the voice of them that rejoice, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; for the whole land shall become a desolation.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will make to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 - (LXX 38:37) if these ordinances cease from before me, saith the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me for ever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - (LXX 43:29) And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from off it?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - (LXX 31:33) Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and though there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - (LXX 31:35) And I will destroy Moab, saith the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - and in all your habitations: the cities shall be made desolate, and the high places utterly laid waste; that your altars may be destroyed, and your idols be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats be abolished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Gen 2:2–Eze 7:24) Gen 2:2–Eze 7:24

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Eze 12:23–Amo 8:4

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BES
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
BES
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan