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ˈsæb əθsab·bath

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sabbathnoun

    a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

Wiktionary

  1. Sabbathnoun

    The Biblical seventh day of the week, observed as a day of rest in Judaism, Advent, or Baptism, starting at sundown on Friday till sundown on Saturday.

  2. Sabbathnoun

    Sunday, observed throughout the majority of Christianity as a day of rest.

  3. Sabbathnoun

    Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest.

  4. Sabbathnoun

    A meeting of witch at midnight.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SABAOTH, SABBATHnoun

    Etymology: An Hebrew word signifying rest; sabbat, French; sabatum, Latin.

    Holy Lord God of sabaoth. Common Prayer.

    I purpose,
    And by our holy sabbath have I sworn,
    To have the due and forfeit of my bond. William Shakespeare.

    Glad we return’d up to the coasts of light,
    Ere sabbath ev’ning. John Milton.

    Here ev’ry day was sabbath: only free
    From hours of pray’r, for hours of charity,
    Such as the Jews from servile toil releast,
    Where works of mercy were a part of rest:
    Such as blest angels exercise above,
    Vary’d with sacred hymns and acts of love;
    Such sabbaths as that one she now enjoys,
    Ev’n that perpetual one, which she employs:
    For such vicissitudes in heav’n there are,
    In praise alternate, and alternate pray’r. Dryden.

    Never any sabbath of release
    Could free his travels and afflictions deep. Samuel Daniel, C. War.

    Nor can his blessed soul look down from heav’n,
    Or break th’ eternal sabbath of his rest,
    To see her miseries on earth. Dryden.

    Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb,
    And wake to raptures in a life to come. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Sabbath

    In Abrahamic religions, the Sabbath () or Shabbat (from Hebrew שַׁבָּת Šabbāṯ) is a day set aside for rest and worship. According to the Book of Exodus, the Sabbath is a day of rest on the seventh day, commanded by God to be kept as a holy day of rest, as God rested from creation. The practice of observing the Sabbath (Shabbat) originates in the biblical commandment "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy". The Sabbath is observed in Judaism, Sabbatarian forms of Christianity (such as many Protestant and Eastern denominations), and Islam. Observances similar to, or descended from, the Sabbath also exist in other religions. The term may be generally used to describe similar weekly observances in other religions.

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  1. sabbath

    The Sabbath is a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening by Jews and some Christians, and on Sunday in most of Christianity. It is considered a day of rest and worship, often marked by prayer, communal gatherings, and study. The concept originates from the biblical commandment to observe the seventh day as a holy day dedicated to God.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sabbathnoun

    a season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day

  2. Sabbathnoun

    the seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival

  3. Sabbathnoun

    fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sabbath

    sab′ath, n. among the Jews, the seventh day of the week, set apart for the rest from work: among Christians, the first day of the week, in memory of the resurrection of Christ, called also Sunday and the Lord's Day: among the ancient Jews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow: a time of rest.—adj. pertaining to the Sabbath.—n. Sabbatā′rian, a very strict observer of the Sabbath: one who observes the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath.—adj. pertaining to the Sabbath or to Sabbatarians.—ns. Sabbatā′rianism; Sabb′ath-break′er, one who profanes the Sabbath; Sabb′ath-break′ing, profanation of the Sabbath.—adjs. Sabb′athless (Bacon), without Sabbath or interval of rest: without intermission of labour; Sabbat′ic, -al, pertaining to, or resembling, the Sabbath: enjoying or bringing rest.—n. Sabbat′ical-year, every seventh year, in which the Israelites allowed their fields and vineyards to lie fallow.—adj. Sabb′atine, pertaining to the Sabbath.—v.i. and v.t. Sabb′atise, to keep the Sabbath: to convert into a Sabbath.—n. Sabb′atism, rest, as on the Sabbath: intermission of labour.—Sabbath-day's journey, the distance of 2000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark (Josh. iii. 4); Sabbath School (see Sunday school).—Witches' Sabbath, a midnight meeting of Satan with witches, devils, and sorcerers for unhallowed orgies and the travestying of divine rites. [L. Sabbatum, gener. in pl. Sabbata—Gr. Sabbaton—Heb. Shabbāth, rest.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Sabbath

    the seventh day of the week, observed by the Jews as a day of "rest" from all work and "holy to the Lord," as His day, specially in commemoration of His rest from the work of creation, the observance of which by the Christian Church has been transferred to the first of the week in commemoration of Christ's resurrection.

Editors Contribution

  1. sabbathnoun

    The holy day is subjected to approve pure substance in which something is immersed, typically when undergoing a process such as existence. 1.) Saturday (Feasting day) the 7th day of the week.

    Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy.

    Etymology: 4th Commandment


    Submitted by Tony_Elyon on January 13, 2024  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SABBATH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sabbath is ranked #69793 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sabbath surname appeared 281 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sabbath.

    59.7% or 168 total occurrences were Black.
    35.5% or 100 total occurrences were White.
    2.8% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sabbath in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sabbath in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sabbath in a Sentence

  1. Thomas De Quincey, Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts - 1827:

    If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.

  2. Ben Carson:

    There isn't anything that's non-mainstream Christian about Seventh day Adventists -- the one exception may be that they believe that Saturday is the Sabbath, simply because that's what the Bible says, that doesn't mean that people who worship on Sunday are evil people or doomed, I don't believe that.

  3. Rabbi Scheinberg:

    As Jews – we are used to not being intimidated by any type of assault, we know that the best thing we could do is continue – and this Sabbath I believe we will have more people than in many weeks before.

  4. Dov Hikind:

    A lot of people use these hot plates to keep food warm for the next day, they put them on Friday and they are left on for the entire Sabbath, 25 hours.

  5. R. Brokhoff:

    If ever a man could have felt the church to be unnecessary, he was Jesus. Yet he did not stay away form the church of his day. It was his custom to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath, and he made many trips to the temple.

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