Strong's Definition
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
TWOT Reference: 2323,c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבַת (sha.vat) — to cease. 1) 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
שָׁבַת (sha.vat) — to keep. (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁבָּת · שַׁבָּת · שַׁבָּתֹון
End | verb qal, verb nif
to end, to cease, to stop = process by which an activity comes to an end
GEN 8:22 · NEH 6:3 · PRO 22:10 · ISA 14:4 · ISA 24:8 · ISA 24:8 · JER 31:36 · LAM 5:15 · EZK 30:18 · EZK 33:28
End | verb hif
to end (something), to make cease, to stop = causative process by which humans or deities cause an activity to come to an end
2CH 16:5 · NEH 4:5 · PSA 46:10 · PSA 89:45 · PRO 18:18 · ISA 13:11 · ISA 16:10 · ISA 21:2 · JER 7:34 · JER 16:9 · EZK 7:24 · EZK 12:23 · EZK 16:41 · EZK 23:27 · EZK 23:48 · EZK 26:13 · EZK 30:10 · DAN 9:27 · DAN 11:18 · HOS 1:4 · HOS 2:13
Non-Engage | verb qal
to cease, to stop literally: to end; hence: = action by which human stop engaging in a certain activity
Non-Engage | verb hif
to cause to cease literally: to cause to end; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to stop engaging in a certain activity
Non-Engage | verb qal
to rest = action by which humans refrain from doing work
GEN 2:2 · GEN 2:3 · EXO 16:30 · EXO 23:12 · EXO 31:17 · EXO 34:21 · EXO 34:21 · LEV 26:34 · LEV 26:35 · LEV 26:35 · 2CH 36:21
Non-Engage | verb qal
Collocation: שׁבת שַׁבָּת
to keep sabbath = action by which humans observe the sabbath and refrain from doing work
Non-Exist | verb qal, verb nif
to disappear literally: to end; hence: = process by which humans or objects are no longer found in a certain place
JOS 5:12 · ISA 14:4 · ISA 17:3 · ISA 33:8 · LAM 5:14 · EZK 6:6
Non-Exist | verb hif
to remove literally: to cause to end; hence: = causative process by which humans or deities cause (other) humans, deities, animals, or objects to be found no longer in a certain place
EXO 12:15 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 26:6 · DEU 32:26 · RUT 4:14 · 2KI 23:5 · 2KI 23:11 · PSA 8:3 · PSA 119:119 · ISA 30:11 · JER 36:29 · JER 48:33 · JER 48:35 · EZK 30:13 · EZK 34:25 · AMO 8:4
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבַת 71 vb. cease, desist, rest Qal 27 cease
desist from labour, rest
Niph. cease
Hiph. 40 cause to cease, put an end to
= exterminate, destroy
cause to desist from
remove
cause to fail, let be lacking
base
[שָׁבַת] vb. denom. keep, observe (sabbath) base