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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)
Questions this word decides
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.
Exodus 16:23 HNcmsaExodus 31:15 HNcmsaExodus 35:2 HNcmsaLeviticus 16:31 HNcmsaLeviticus 23:3 HNcmsaLeviticus 23:24 HNcmsaLeviticus 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.