שָׁבַת shavat

Hebrew word for “to cease” · Strong’s H7673 · used 71 times in 67 verses

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Meaning

1) to cease, desist, rest;

Senses in the lexicon

• to cease (69)
• to keep (2)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shavat in context, with how often each is used:

• will cause to cease 12
• will cease 10
• will put an end to 9
• has ceased 6
• rested 5
• will rest 3
• ceased 3
• removed 2
• put an end to 2
• cause to cease 2
• have made to cease 2
• have caused to cease 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 26 (3), Ezekiel 30 (3), Genesis 2 (2), 2 Kings 23 (2), Jeremiah 48 (2), Lamentations 5 (2), Ezekiel 23 (2), Ezekiel 34 (2), Genesis 8 (1), Exodus 5 (1)

Forms

• והשׁבתי 13
• שׁבת 7
• תשׁבת 6
• וישׁבת 5
• השׁבתי 4
• שׁבתה 3
• והשׁבית 3
• ונשׁבת 3
• ישׁבתו 2
• וישׁבתו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shavat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 7
• עוֹד od “still” 9
• שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 6
• שַׁבָּת shabbat “Sabbath” 6
• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 5
• גָּאוֹן gaon “pride” 4
• מִן־ min “from” 8
• כֹּה koh “thus” 6
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 4
• מָשׂוֹשׂ masvos “rejoicing” 3
• שָׂרַף saraph “to burn” 4
• עַד ad “till” 7

Key verses

The verses using shavat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:15 — 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…
• Leviticus 26:6 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 32:26 — I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
• Psalms 46:9 — 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.
• Isaiah 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Ezekiel 6:6 — In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and…
• Ezekiel 34:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither…
• Ezekiel 34:25 — And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and…
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
• Hosea 1:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to…
• Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.