KJV dictionary & concordance
An appointed holy rest or cessation from ordinary labour; especially the seventh-day rest, or a sabbatical rest for the land.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 16:23
Complete exact-word concordance
AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
¶ At that time, Iesus went on the Sabbath day thorow the corne, & his Disciples were an hungred, and beganne to pluck the eares of corne, and to eate.
1611 marginal noteMarke 2.23. luke 6.1. deut. 23.25.
But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
But when the Pharises saw it, they said vnto him, Behold, thy Disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath day.
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
Or haue yee not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priests in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are blamelesse?
1611 marginal noteNum. 28.9.
For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
For the sonne of man is Lord euen of the Sabbath day.
¶ And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
¶ And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered, and they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale on the Sabbath dayes? that they might accuse him.
And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
And hee said vnto them, What man shal there be among you, that shall haue one sheepe: and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will hee not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
How much then is a man better then a shepe? Wherfore it is lawfull to doe well on the Sabbath dayes.
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
But pray yee that your flight bee not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:
IN the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
¶ In the ende of the Sabbath, as it began to dawne towards the first day of the weeke, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre.
1611 marginal noteMar. 16.1. iohn 20.1.
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day he entred into the Synagogue, and taught.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 4.13.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
2 · KJV context and cross-references
