שַׁבָּת shabbat

Hebrew word for “Sabbath” · Strong’s H7676 · used 111 times in 89 verses

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Meaning

Sabbath; 1a) sabbath; 1b) day of atonement; 1c) sabbath year; 1d) week; 1e) produce (in sabbath year)

How it is translated

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

• sabbath 79
• sabbaths 32

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 13 (7), Leviticus 23 (6), Ezekiel 20 (6), Exodus 16 (4), Exodus 31 (4), Leviticus 25 (4), Leviticus 26 (4), Jeremiah 17 (4), Ezekiel 46 (4), Exodus 20 (3)

Forms

• השׁבת 44
• שׁבת 23
• שׁבתותי 8
• שׁבתתי 6
• לשׁבתות 4
• בשׁבת 4
• שׁבתת 3
• שׁבתתיה 3
• בשׁבתו 2
• ושׁבת 2

Words used with it

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

• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 14
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 16
• חָלַל chalal “to profane/begin” 12
• שְׁבִיעִי shevii “seventh” 11
• קָדַשׁ qadash “to consecrate” 12
• שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbaton “sabbath observance” 7
• כֶם khem “you” 13
• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 9
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 11
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 10
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 9
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 7

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
• Nehemiah 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all…
• Nehemiah 13:22 — And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my…
• Psalms 92:1 — [A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.] It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
• Isaiah 56:2 — Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any…
• Isaiah 58:13 — If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and…
• Jeremiah 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then…
• Ezekiel 20:12 — Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
• Ezekiel 20:13 — But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even…
• Ezekiel 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live…
• Ezekiel 22:26 — Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed…
• Ezekiel 45:17 — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths,…

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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.