Usually translated as
cease, rest, to fail, celebrate, keep, suffer to be lacking, rid, still, cause, leave, put away, take away
Occurrences
Shâbath occurs 71 times in 67 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (6), Leviticus (6), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), Ruth (1), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Psalms (4), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (13), Daniel (2), Hosea (3), Amos (1)
- Genesis 2:2 — And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested (וַיִּשְׁבֹּת֙) on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Genesis 2:3 — And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested (שָׁבַת֙) from all his work which God created and made.
- Genesis 8:22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease (יִשְׁבֹּֽתוּ).
- Exodus 5:5 — And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest (וְהִשְׁבַּתֶּ֥ם) from their burdens.
- Exodus 12:15 — Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away (תַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ) 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 — So the people rested (וַיִּשְׁבְּת֥וּ) on the seventh day.
- Exodus 23:12 — Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest (תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת): that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
- Exodus 31:17 — 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 (שָׁבַ֖ת), and was refreshed.
- Exodus 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest (תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת): in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
- Exodus 34:21 — Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest (תִּשְׁבֹּֽת).
- Leviticus 2:13 — 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 (תַשְׁבִּ֗ית) from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
- Leviticus 23:32 — 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 (תִּשְׁבְּת֖וּ) your sabbath.
- Leviticus 25:2 — 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 (וְשָׁבְתָ֣ה) a sabbath unto the LORD.
- 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 (וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֞י) evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
- Leviticus 26:34 — 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 (תִּשְׁבַּ֣ת), and enjoy her sabbaths.
- Leviticus 26:35 — As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest (תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת); because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
- Leviticus 26:35 — As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest (שָׁבְתָ֛ה) in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
- Deuteronomy 32:26 — I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease (אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה) from among men:
- Joshua 5:12 — And the manna ceased (וַיִּשְׁבֹּ֨ת) 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 — 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 (וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּ) from fearing the LORD.
- Ruth 4:14 — And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left (הִשְׁבִּ֥ית) thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
- 2 Kings 23:5 — And he put down (וְהִשְׁבִּ֣ית) 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 — And he took away (וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת) 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 Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
- 2 Chronicles 16:5 — And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease (וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֖ת).
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 — 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 (שָׁבָ֔תָה), to fulfil threescore and ten years.
- Nehemiah 4:11 — And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease (וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ).
- Nehemiah 6:3 — And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease (תִשְׁבַּ֤ת), whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
- Job 32:1 — So these three men ceased (וַֽיִּשְׁבְּת֡וּ) to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Psalms 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still (לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית) the enemy and the avenger.
- Psalms 46:9 — He maketh wars to cease (מַשְׁבִּ֥ית) unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
- Psalms 89:44 — Thou hast made his glory to cease (הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ), and cast his throne down to the ground.
- Psalms 119:119 — Thou puttest away (הִשְׁבַּ֥תָּ) all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
- Proverbs 18:18 — The lot causeth contentions to cease (יַשְׁבִּ֣ית), and parteth between the mighty.
- Proverbs 22:10 — Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease (וְ֝יִשְׁבֹּ֗ת).
- Isaiah 13:11 — 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 (וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙), and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
- Isaiah 14:4 — That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased (שָׁבַ֣ת)! the golden city ceased!
- 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 (שָׁבְתָ֖ה)!
- Isaiah 16:10 — And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease (הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי).
- Isaiah 17:3 — The fortress also shall cease (וְנִשְׁבַּ֤ת) 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 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 thereof have I made to cease (הִשְׁבַּֽתִּי).
- Isaiah 24:8 — The mirth of tabrets ceaseth (שָׁבַת֙), the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
- Isaiah 24:8 — The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth (שָׁבַ֖ת).
- Isaiah 30:11 — Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease (הַשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ) from before us.
- Isaiah 33:8 — The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth (שָׁבַ֖ת): he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
- Jeremiah 7:34 — Then will I cause to cease (וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֣י) 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 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease (מַשְׁבִּ֜ית) 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 — If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease (יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ) from being a nation before me for ever.
- Jeremiah 36:29 — 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 (וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית) from thence man and beast?
- Jeremiah 48:33 — And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail (הִשְׁבַּ֔תִּי) from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
- Jeremiah 48:35 — Moreover I will cause to cease (וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י) in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.