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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 - On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested[fn] from all his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:3 - And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:22 - As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:5 - Look, there are many of your people in the land, and you are stopping them from their work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 - For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:30 - So the people did not gather any food on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:21 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God’s eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the LORD every seventh year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:34 - Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:35 - As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I would have annihilated them,
wiping out even the memory of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from the crops of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - The LORD has placed the Jordan River as a barrier between our people and you people of Reuben and Gad. You have no claim to the LORD.’ So your descendants may prevent our descendants from worshiping the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:14 - Then the women of the town said to Naomi, “Praise the LORD, who has now provided a redeemer for your family! May this child be famous in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had offered sacrifices at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered sacrifices to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the powers of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He removed from the entrance of the LORD’s Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court.[fn] The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and stopped all work on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:11 - Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what’s happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - Job’s three friends refused to reply further to him because he kept insisting on his innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,[fn]
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:119

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - You skim off the wicked of the earth like scum;
no wonder I love to obey your laws!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18 - Flipping a coin[fn] can end arguments;
it settles disputes between powerful opponents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,
“The mighty man has been destroyed.
Yes, your insolence[fn] is ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified towns of Israel[fn] will also be destroyed,
and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria[fn]
will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,”
declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - I see a terrifying vision:
I see the betrayer betraying,
the destroyer destroying.
Go ahead, you Elamites and Medes,
attack and lay siege.
I will make an end
to all the groaning Babylon caused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled;
the happy cries of celebration are heard no more.
The melodious chords of the harp are silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - Your roads are deserted;
no one travels them anymore.
The Assyrians have broken their peace treaty
and care nothing for the promises they made before witnesses.[fn]
They have no respect for anyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 - “I am as likely to reject my people Israel
as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - Then say to the king, ‘This is what the LORD says: You burned the scroll because it said the king of Babylon would destroy this land and empty it of people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:33 - Joy and gladness are gone from fruitful Moab.
The presses yield no wine.
No one treads the grapes with shouts of joy.
There is shouting, yes, but not of joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - “I will put an end to Moab,” says the LORD, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:14 - The elders no longer sit in the city gates;
the young men no longer dance and sing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - Wherever you live there will be desolation, and I will destroy your pagan shrines. Your altars will be demolished, your idols will be smashed, your places of worship will be torn down, and all the religious objects you have made will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:24 - I will bring the most ruthless of nations
to occupy their homes.
I will break down their proud fortresses
and defile their sanctuaries.

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