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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 101–110 of 115 · 136 word occurrences in this result

John 7:22
Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 7:22 · retained source text

Moses therefore gaue vnto you Circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers) and yee on the Sabbath day circumcise a man.

1611 marginal noteLeui. 12.3.

1611 marginal noteGen. 17.10

John 7:23
If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 7:23 · retained source text

If a man on the Sabbath day receiue circumcision, that the Lawe of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Sabbath day?

1611 marginal noteOr, without breaking the Law of Moses.

John 9:14
And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 9:14 · retained source text

And it was the Sabbath day when Iesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

John 9:16
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 9:16 · retained source text

Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because hee keepeth not the Sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner, doe such miracles? and there was a diuision among them.

John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 19:31 · retained source text

The Iewes therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remaine vpon the Crosse on the Sabbath day (for that Sabbath day was an high day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

Acts 1:12
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 1:12 · retained source text

Then returned they vnto Hierusalem, from the mount called Oliuet, which is from Hierusalem a Sabbath dayes iourney.

Acts 13:14
¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 13:14 · retained source text

¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sate downe.

Acts 13:27
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 13:27 · retained source text

For they that dwell at Hierusalem, & their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the Prophets which are read euery Sabbath day, they haue fulfilled them in condemning him.

Acts 13:42
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Acts 13:42 · retained source text

And when the Iewes were gone out of the Synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

1611 marginal noteOr, in the weeke betweene, or in the Sabbath betweene.

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Mark 2:27

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