Sabbath

Meaning

Noun

• Saturday, observed in Judaism and some Christian denominations as a day of rest and worship.
• Sunday, observed in most of Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
• Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.

Origin

• From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English Sabat, from Old French sabat, sabbat and its etymon Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον ("Sabbath"), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת ("Sabbath"), with the spelling ending in -th, probably influenced by the traditional transliteration of the Hebrew as shabbāth, being attested since the 14th century and widespread since the 16th. Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest")