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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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Colossians 2:16
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Colossians 2:16 · retained source text

Let no man therefore iudge you in meat, or in drinke, or in respect of an Holy day, or of the New moone, or of the Sabbath dayes:

1611 marginal noteOr, for eating and drinking.

1611 marginal noteOr, in part.

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Mark 2:27

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