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  • noun Plural form of sabbath.

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Examples

  • For the days of the week are called sabbaths, and by the word “una” is meant “prima”.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842

  • Theophylact: He says, On the first of the sabbaths, that is, on the first of the days of the week.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842

  • Did the Babylonians observe their "sabbaths" as days of rest; and, were they or the Hebrews the more likely to hand on their observances to another nation?

    The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889

  • This number would give an average of 94 deeds for each day of the month; the number actually found for the four "sabbaths," _i.e. _ for the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th days, were 100, 98, 121 and 91 respectively.

    The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889

  • "sabbaths" to Jehovah, remained, but to degenerate Israel worship was a weariness; they cared only for the carnal indulgence on them (Am 8: 5).

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • "These 'sabbaths' were held on the Brocken or other high mountain.

    The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks

  • There Daniel was told explicitly that Messiah would come 69 "sabbaths" (that is, 69 sabbatical years - a total of

    Latest Articles www.lds.org 2010

  • Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the lord.

    FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010

  • My Dear Mary, I must close now, and I want to request you to pray much, and very earnestly for me that I may have strength and power to do the will of God in all things boldly and courageously -- and expecially on the next two sabbaths, -- I wish you particularly to remember me.

    Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie Houston,June 15, 1857 2008

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