sabbath
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
Sabbath¹
- /ˈsæbəθ/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English sabat, sabbat, sabath, from Old English sabat and Old French sabbat, both from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát, “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. Doublet of Shabbat. Possibly from the Sumerian sa-bat ("mid-rest").
noun Sabbaths · sabbath
- Friday, observed in Islam as a day of rest and worship.
- Saturday, observed in Judaism as a day of rest and worship.
-
Sunday, observed in Christianity as a day of rest and worship.
Jerusalem is a city of three Sabbaths–Friday (Muslim), Saturday (Jewish), and Sunday (Christian).
Similar: Lord's Day, holy day
- A meeting of witches. (Also called a witches' Sabbath, Shabbat, sabbat, or black Sabbath.) They travel through the air in various strange conveyances, and it is no easy matter to distinguish between their convention and a Sabbath of the Witches.
-
Among the ancient Jews and Hebrews, the seventh year, when the land was left fallow.
Similar: Sabbath year
-
Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
Similar: uposatha
sabbath²
noun sabbaths
- Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath Far-right activists had organised their protest for the Jewish sabbath in an area with a 40% Jewish population.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: saturday, shabbat, saturdays, sat, rest, sunday, shabbos, shabbath, seventh-day, sabbaton, feast-day, weekend, holiday, sab., sabbath observance, sabbath-day
Translations
Every language
noun Friday (Islam)
| हिन्दी | जुमा jumā |
|---|---|
| Français | vendredi |
| Deutsch | Freitag |
| Русский | пя́тница pjátnica |
| עברית | יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי yom shishí |
noun Saturday (Judaism)
| Español | sábado, sabbat, shabbat |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 安息日 ansokunichi, ansokujitsu, ansokubi |
| 中文 | 安息日 ānxīrì |
| हिन्दी | सब्त sabt, विश्रामदिन viśrāmdin |
| Português | sabá |
| Français | sabbat, shabbat, chabbat |
| Deutsch | Sabbat, Schabbat, Schabbes |
| Ελληνικά | σάββατο sávvato |
| Română | Șabat |
| Русский | шабба́т šabbát, суббо́та subbóta |
| العربية | اَلسَّبْت as-sabt |
| עברית | שַׁבָּת shabát |
noun Sunday (Christianity)
| Español | domingo |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | सब्त sabt, विश्रामदिन viśrāmdin |
| Português | domingo |
| Français | dimanche |
| Deutsch | Sonntag |
| Русский | воскресе́нье voskresénʹje |
| עברית | יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן yom rishón |
noun witches' Sabbath
| Español | aquelarre |
|---|---|
| Português | sabbat, sabá |
| Français | sabbat, esba |
| Deutsch | Hexensabbat, Hexentanz, Teufelstanz |
| Italiano | sabba |
| Русский | ша́ба́ш šábáš, ша́ба́ш ведьм šábáš vedʹm |
Talk about this word "sabbath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sabbath. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sabbath. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sabbath "sabbath." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sabbath.Cite this
@misc{sabbath_2026,
title = {sabbath},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sabbath},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
