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Exodus 20

Ex. 20:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For in six
shesh (Hebrew #8337)
a primitive number; six (as an overplus (see 7797) beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
KJV usage: six((-teen, -teenth)), sixth.
Pronounce: shaysh
Origin: masculine shishshah {shish-shaw'}
days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
u the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
made
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
and earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
, and all that in them is, and rested
nuwach (Hebrew #5117)
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
KJV usage: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 3241.
Pronounce: noo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
the seventh
shbiy`iy (Hebrew #7637)
ordinal from 7657; seventh
KJV usage: seventh (time).
Pronounce: sheb-ee-ee'
Origin: or shbi iy {sheb-ee-ee'}
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
: wherefore the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
blessed
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
w, and hallowed
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Neh. 13:15,19• 15In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also, wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
 19{i}And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.{/i} (Neh. 13:15,19)
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Matt. 12:1‑12• 1{i}At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.{/i}
 2{i}But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on Sabbath.{/i}
 3{i}But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?{/i}
 4{i}How he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?{/i}
 5{i}Or have ye not read in the law that on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are blameless?{/i}
 6{i}But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.{/i}
 7{i}But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.{/i}
 8{i}For the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.{/i}
 9And when departed thence he went into their synagogue;
 10and, behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? that they might accuse him.
 11And he said to them, What man of you shall there be who shall have one sheep; and if this fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not lay hold and raise it up?
 12How much then doth a man exceed a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful on the Sabbath to do well. (Matt. 12:1‑12)
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Gen. 2:2‑3• 2And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
 3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that on it he had rested from all his work which God had created in making . (Gen. 2:2‑3)

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Day,
Earth,
Heaven,
Rest,
Sabbath,
Sea,
Seven,
Six

Cross References

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Ex. 31:17• 17{i}It shall be a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.{/i} (Ex. 31:17)
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Gen. 2:2‑3• 2And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
 3And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that on it he had rested from all his work which God had created in making . (Gen. 2:2‑3)
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Psa. 95:4‑7• 4In his hand [are] the deep places of the earth,{HR}And the strength of mountains [is] his;
 5Whose [is] the sea, and he made it;{HR}And his hands formed the dry [land].
 6Come, let us worship and bow down,{HR}Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker;
 7For {i}he{/i} [is] our God{HR}And {i}we{/i} people of his pasture and sheep of his hand.{HR}Today if ye hear his voice, (Psa. 95:4‑7)
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Mark 2:27‑28• 27And he says to them, The Sabbath was made on account of man, and not man on account of the Sabbath
 28{i}so that{/i} the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath also. (Mark 2:27‑28)
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Acts 20:7• 7And on the first [day] of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul discoursed to them, about to depart on the morrow, and prolonged the word till midnight. (Acts 20:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

W. Kelly Translation

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For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore Jehovah blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)