Strongs Number: H7673
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁבַת
- Transliteration
- shâbath
- Phonetic
- shaw-bath'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to {repose} that {is} desist from exertion; used in many implied relations ({causatively} figuratively or specifically)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to cease, desist, rest
a. (Qal)
1. to cease
2. to rest, desist (from labour)
b. (Niphal) to cease
c. (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
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- (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.