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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁבַת

שָׁבַת

H7673

Transliteration: shâbath

Pronunciation: shaw-bath'

Definition: cease


Original: שׁבת

Transliteration: shâbath

Phonetic: shaw-bath'

BDB Definition:

  1. to cease, desist, rest
    1. (Qal)
      1. to cease
      2. to rest, desist (from labour)
    2. (Niphal) to cease
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to cease, put an end to
      2. to exterminate, destroy
      3. to cause to desist from
      4. to remove
      5. to cause to fail
  2. (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2323, 2323c

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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