Sabbath, Jewish The word Sabbath is, in Hebrew, shabbath’, (comp. Ewald, Ausfuhrl. Lehrb. p. 400; and see on the form shabbathon, , at the end of this art.); in the Graecized form , or, in the plural form, (comp. Horace, Sat. 1, 9, 69). The derivation and meaning of the word are well known. Josephus … Continue reading “Sabbath, Jewish”
Sabbath, Great
Sabbath, Great In Latin, Sabbatum Sanctum; also known as Easter Eve, Easter Even, Low Saturday, Black Saturday, White Saturday, Sabado de Gloria, Holy and Great Saturday, or Great Sabbath. Eve of Easter Sunday, closing of the season of Lent and penance, and the beginning of paschal time. In the early Church no Mass was said, … Continue reading “Sabbath, Great”
SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY
Sabbath days Journey ( , Act 1:12; in Talmudical Heb. , techim hashshabbath) is a phrase for the prescribed distance which may lawfully be traversed on a Sabbath, and beyond which no Jew can go without violating the sanctity of the day, except he adopts the means appointed for exceeding the canonical boundary. I. Distance … Continue reading “SABBATH DAY’S JOURNEY”
Sabbath, Day Before The
Sabbath, Day Before The See DAY BEFORE THE SABBATH. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Sabbath, Court of the
Sabbath, Court Of The ( , musak hash-shabbath; Sept. ; Vulg. Musach sabbati, 2Ki 16:18), is understood to mean a canopy under which Ahaz used to stand, at the entrance of the porch of the Temple, when he attended the service; but which he removed when he became an idolater, to show his contempt, and … Continue reading “Sabbath, Court of the”
Sabbath, Christian
Sabbath, Christian Under this head, we propose to treat of the sabbatical institution as one of general and permanent obligation. I. Concerning the time when the Sabbath was first instituted there have been different opinions. Some have maintained that the sanctification of the seventh day mentioned in Genesis 2 is only there spoken of , … Continue reading “Sabbath, Christian”
Sabbath-Breaking
Sabbath-Breaking sabbath-braking. See CRIMES; PUNISHMENTS. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Sabbath
SABBATH Rest. God having created the world in six days, “rested” on the seventh, Gen 2:2,3 ; that is, he ceased from producing new beings in this creation; and because he had rested on it, he “blessed” or sanctified it, and appointed it in a peculiar manner for his worship.We here have an account of … Continue reading “Sabbath”
Sabbateus
Sabbateus SABBATEUS (1Es 9:14) = Shabbethai, Ezr 10:16. Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible Sabbateus sab-a-teus (, Sabbataos; the King James Version Sabbatheus): One of the three (or rather two, for Levis = Levite) assessors in the investigation held concerning foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:14) = Shabbethai the Levite in Ezr 10:15. He is probably … Continue reading “Sabbateus”
Sabbatati
Sabbatati a name applied sometimes to the Waldenses (q.v.), from the circumstance that their teachers wore mean or wooden shoes, which in French are called sabots. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature