Definitions for Sabbath

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Sabbath Sab·bath

Spelling: [sab-uh th]

IPA: /ˈsæb əθ/

Sabbath is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in Sabbath (aabbhst).

Definitions for Sabbath

noun

1. the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day of rest and religious observance among Jews and some Christians. Ex. 20:8–11.
2. the first day of the week, Sunday, similarly observed by most Christians in commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
3. any special day of prayer or rest resembling the Sabbath:
4. (sometimes lowercase) a period of rest.
5. (sometimes lowercase) Demonology. Sabbat.

Origin of Sabbath

before 900; Middle English, variant of sabbat, Old English Latin sabbatum Greek sábbaton Hebrew shabbāth rest

Examples for Sabbath

The ward sat up, remembered that it was not the Sabbath, smiled across from bed to bed.

Every week, on the Sabbath, Jews around the world read a portion of the Torah.

By the way, I should have told you of one other way in which the Sabbath became a marked day to him.

With a little effort, it is possible to keep kosher and respect the Sabbath.

The Sabbath of eternity has shed its stillness along the street.

However, G-d is very clear about the Sabbath being a day of rest.

It lay in its purity on a chair at the foot of Dirk's bed on Sabbath morning.

This past Sabbath, we read a section known as Chayei Sarah, or The Life of Sarah.

And she said in this booming voice, ‘Tomorrow is the Sabbath.’

It will deal with the days of the week as well as with the Sabbath.