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sabbath

Meaning of “sabbath”

An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.

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136 occurrences115 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 16:23

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1 Chronicles 9:32
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:32 · retained source text

And other of their brethren of the sonnes of the Kohathites, were ouer the Shew-bread to prepare it euery Sabbath.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bread of ordering.

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Mark 2:27

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: