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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 16:23

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2 Chronicles 23:4
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 23:4 · retained source text

This is the thing that yee shall doe, A third part of you entring on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thresholds.

2 Chronicles 23:8
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 23:8 · retained source text

So the Leuites and all Iudah did according to all things that Iehoiada the Priest had commanded: and tooke euery man his men that were to come in on the Sabbath, with them that were to goe out on the Sabbath: for Iehoiada the Priest dismissed not the courses.

2 Chronicles 36:21
To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 36:21 · retained source text

To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Ieremiah, vntill the land had enioyed her Sabbaths: for as long as shee lay desolate, shee kept Sabbath, to fulfill threescore and tenne yeeres.

1611 marginal noteIer. 25.9,12. & 29.10.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.34. and 35. and 43.

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Mark 2:27

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