H7674

H7674 — שֶׁבֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshebethnoun femOccurrences: 3TWOT: 2323a

Definition / Gloss

shebeth (sheh'-beth) n-f. 1. rest, interruption, cessation [from H7673] KJV: cease, sit still, loss of time. Root(s): H7673

KJV Renderings

cease, sit still, loss of time.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8452

II. שֶׁ֫בֶת noun feminine cessation (dubious) Prov 20:3 (with מֵרִיב ᵐ5 ἀποστρέφεσθαι = שׁוּב); שִׁבְתּוֺ Exod 21:19 i.e. from work = his loss of time (but Di I. שֶׁבֶת). — Isa 30:7 perhaps = a sitting still (indolently) √ישׁב, but probably corrupt, see Du Che and others


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