Strong H76732 sensesשָׁבַת

to cease · to keep

Transliteration
shâbath
Pronunciation
shaw-bath'

The 2 senses of Strong H7673

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7673 appears in 67 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to ceaseH7673Ato cease, desist, rest64 verses · 18 books
  2. to keepH7673B(Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath2 verses · Leviticus

General definition

A primitive root; to {repose} that {is} desist from exertion; used in many implied relations ({causatively} figuratively or specifically): - (cause {to} {let} make to) {cease} {celebrate} cause (make) to {fail} keep ({sabbath}) suffer to be {lacking} {leave} put away ({down}) (make to) {rest} {rid} {still} take away.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • cease42
  • rest8
  • ceaseth3
  • fail2
  • make2
  • put2
  • keep2
  • thou2
  • celebrate1
  • lack1
  • leave1
  • rested1

First verses

  1. Genesis 2:2
    And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  2. Genesis 2:3
    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
  3. 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.
  4. Exodus 5:5
    And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
  5. Exodus 12:15
    Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away 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.
  6. Exodus 16:30
    So the people rested on the seventh day.
  7. Exodus 23:12
    Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
  8. 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, and was refreshed.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.
  11. 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 your sabbath.
  12. 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 a sabbath unto the Lord.
  13. 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 evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
  14. 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, and enjoy her sabbaths.
  15. Leviticus 26:35
    As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
  16. Deuteronomy 32:26
    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
  17. Joshua 5:12
    And the manna ceased 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.
  18. 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 from fearing the Lord.
  19. Ruth 4:14
    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
  20. 2 Kings 23:5
    And he put down 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.