שָׁבַת

sha.vat · to cease

Hebrew · Strong's H7673 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-bath' · 71 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to cease H7673A 69
  • to keep H7673B 2

Strong's dictionary

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁבַת 71 vb. cease, desist, rest
Qal 27
1. cease
2. desist from labour, rest
Niph. cease
Hiph. 40
1. cause to cease, put an end to
2. = exterminate, destroy
3. cause to desist from
4. remove
5. cause to fail, let be lacking
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[שָׁבַת] vb. denom. keep, observe (sabbath)

Every occurrence

  1. Daniel 9:27 יַשְׁבִּ֣ית׀ yash.Bit · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease; and upon the wing of abominations shall come one that maketh desolate; and even unto the full end, and that determined, shall wrath be poured out upon the desolate.

  2. Daniel 11:18 וְהִשְׁבִּ֨ית ve.hish.Bit · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; yea, moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn upon him.

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