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. Ruth 4:14 הִשְׁבִּ֥ית hish.Bit · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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