Strong H8059שְׁמִטָּה
remission
- Transliteration
- shemiţţâh
- Pronunciation
- shem-it-taw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H8058; remission (of debt) or suspension (of labor): - release.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: remission
Exact lexical definition: a letting drop
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: שְׁמִטָּה n.f . a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting
In the Bible
Strong H8059 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- release4
First verses
- Deuteronomy 15:1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
- Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.
- Deuteronomy 15:9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
- Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,