שָׁבַת
sha.vat
“to cease”
Definition
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
a primitive root;
- to cease, desist, rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease 1a2) to rest, desist (from labour) 1b) (Niphal) to cease 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cease, put an end to 1c2) to exterminate, destroy 1c3) to cause to desist from 1c4) to remove 1c5) to cause to fail
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁבַת appears 62 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When Baasha learned of this, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned his work.
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
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A dire vision is declared to me:“The traitor still betrays,and the destroyer still destroys.Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media!I will put an end to all her groaning.”
And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
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