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שָׁבַת H7673

H7673 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַת, transliterated shâbath and said shaw-bath'. The King James Version most often renders it cease.

Word: שָׁבַתTransliteration: shâbathSaid: shaw-bath'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 62 verses

What it means

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 50 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

cease 22×ceased 5×cause to cease 5×rested 4×rest 4×ceaseth 3×also shall cease 2×make them rest 1×put away 1×lacking 1×celebrate 1×keep 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (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.

Verses using שָׁבַת

The first 40 of 62 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:2 · KJV

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3 · KJV

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Exodus 5:5 · KJV

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Exodus 12:15 · KJV

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 16:30 · KJV

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 23:12 · KJV

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

Exodus 31:17 · KJV

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Exodus 34:21 · KJV

Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Leviticus 2:13 · KJV

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

Leviticus 23:32 · KJV

It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.

Leviticus 25:2 · KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

Leviticus 26:6 · KJV

And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

Leviticus 26:34 · KJV

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:35 · KJV

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Deuteronomy 32:26 · KJV

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Joshua 5:12 · KJV

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Joshua 22:25 · KJV

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

Ruth 4:14 · KJV

And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.

2 Kings 23:5 · KJV

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

2 Kings 23:11 · KJV

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

2 Chronicles 16:5 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

2 Chronicles 36:21 · KJV

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Nehemiah 6:3 · KJV

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Job 32:1 · KJV

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Psalm 8:2 · KJV

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 46:9 · KJV

He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Psalm 89:44 · KJV

Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.

Psalm 119:119 · KJV

Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.

Proverbs 18:18 · KJV

The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

Isaiah 13:11 · KJV

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Isaiah 14:4 · KJV

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Isaiah 17:3 · KJV

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah 24:8 · KJV

The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

Isaiah 30:11 · KJV

Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Isaiah 33:8 · KJV

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Jeremiah 7:34 · KJV

Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 16:9 · KJV

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

Jeremiah 31:36 · KJV

If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Jeremiah 36:29 · KJV

And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

Jeremiah 48:33 · KJV

And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7673 mean?

H7673 is the Hebrew word שָׁבַת (shâbath), meaning to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific).

How is H7673 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it cease (22 times), ceased (5 times), cause to cease (5 times), rested (4 times), rest (4 times), among others.

How many times does H7673 appear in the Bible?

שָׁבַת (shâbath) is tagged in 62 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7673 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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