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שַׁבָּתוֹן
shabbâthôwn · Hebrew · Strong's H7677 · 11 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rest”
What it means
a sabbatism or special holiday
from H7676 (שַׁבָּת);
How the KJV renders it
rest, sabbath
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rest”
also renders kataskēnóō (G2681), sabbatismós (G4520), epíloipos (G1954), eirḗnē (G1515), ánesis (G425), hēsycházō (G2270), katapaúō (G2664), katápausis (G2663), loipoí (G3062), anápausis (G372), dᵉmîy (H1824), dâmam (H1826), châdal (H2308), chûwl (H2342), chârash (H2790), mânôwach (H4494), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), margôwaʻ (H4771), pûwgâh (H6314), shᵉʼâr (H7606), shᵉʼêrîyth (H7611), shâkan (H7931), shâlôwm (H7965), sârîyd (H8300)
“sabbath”
also renders sábbaton (G4521), mishbâth (H4868)
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Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.
Exodus 16:23 · HNcmsa
He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
Exodus 31:15 · HNcmsa
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Yahweh. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 35:2 · HNcmsa
‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of solemn rest to Yahweh: whoever does any work in it shall be put to death.
Leviticus 16:31 · HNcmsa
It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.
Leviticus 23:3 · HNcmsa
“‘Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no kind of work. It is a Sabbath to Yahweh in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:24 · HNcmsa
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
Leviticus 23:32 HNcmsaLeviticus 23:39 HNcmsaLeviticus 25:4 HNcmsaLeviticus 25:5 HNcmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.