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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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Showing verses 91–100 of 115 · 136 word occurrences in this result

Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 13:16 · retained source text

And ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, loe these eighteene yeeres, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?

Luke 14:1
AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharises to eat bread on y e Sabbath day, that they watched him.

Luke 14:3
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:3 · retained source text

And Iesus answering, spake vnto the Lawyers and Pharises, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath day?

Luke 14:5
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:5 · retained source text

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the Sabbath day?

Luke 23:54
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 23:54 · retained source text

And that day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew on.

John 5:9
And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:9 · retained source text

And immediatly the man was made whole, and tooke vp his bed, and walked: And on the same day was the Sabbath.

John 5:10
¶ The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 5:10 · retained source text

¶ The Iewes therefore said vnto him that was cured, It is the Sabbath day, it is not lawfull for thee to cary thy bed.

1611 marginal noteIer. 17.22

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:16 · retained source text

And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:18 · retained source text

Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him, not onely because hee had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was his father, making himselfe equall with God.

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Mark 2:27

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