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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H7673 - Cease

Strong's No.:H7673

Hebrew:שָׁבַת

Transliteration:shâbath

Phonetic:shaw-bath'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible 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.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to {repose} that {is} desist from exertion; used in many implied relations ({causatively} figuratively or specifically)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to cease, desist, rest

a. (Qal)

1. to cease

2. to rest, desist (from labour)

b. (Niphal) to cease

c. (Hiphil)

1. to cause to cease, put an end to

2. to exterminate, destroy

3. to cause to desist from

4. to remove

5. to cause to fail

2. (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath


Bible References:
Cease

Translation
Occurrences:
away ( 3 )
cease ( 37 )
ceased ( 6 )
ceaseth ( 4 )
celebrate ( 1 )
down ( 1 )
fail ( 2 )
keep ( 1 )
lacking ( 1 )
left ( 1 )
rest ( 7 )
rested ( 4 )
rid ( 1 )
sabbath ( 1 )
still ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.