Cessation
שֶׁ֫בֶתStrong’s H7674shevet (she-vet)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shevet is the Hebrew word usually translated “sitting still his”, “cessation” and “sitting still”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.”
Meaning
- Cessation, a sitting stillmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- sitting still his 1
- cessation 1
- a sitting still 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- Proverbs 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫בֶת shevet · cessation
1) cessation, a sitting still 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cessation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CESSATION, noun
- A ceasing; a stop; a rest; the act of discontinuing motion or action of any kind, whether temporary or final.
- A ceasing or suspension of operation, force or effect; as a cessation of the laws of nature.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.