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Leviticus 25

Lev. 25:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But in 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'}
year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
shall be a sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
of rest
shabbathown (Hebrew #7677)
a sabbatism or special holiday
KJV usage: rest, sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-baw-thone'
Origin: from 7676
unto the land
'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
, a sabbath
shabbath (Hebrew #7676)
intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
KJV usage: (+ every) sabbath.
Pronounce: shab-bawth'
Origin: intensive from 7673
for 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
: thou shalt neither sow
zara` (Hebrew #2232)
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Pronounce: zaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy field
sadeh (Hebrew #7704)
from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat)
KJV usage: country, field, ground, land, soil, X wild.
Pronounce: saw-deh'
Origin: or saday {saw-dah'-ee}
, nor prune
zamar (Hebrew #2168)
to trim (a vine)
KJV usage: prune.
Pronounce: zaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2167, 5568, 6785)
thy vineyard
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
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More on:

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Rest,
Sabbath,
Sabbatical Year,
Seven,
Sower; Sowing,
Vineyard,
Year

Cross References

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Lev. 25:20‑23• 20And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
 21Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
 22And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
 23The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. (Lev. 25:20‑23)
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Lev. 26:34‑35,43• 34Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
 35As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
 43The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. (Lev. 26:34‑35,43)
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Ex. 23:10‑11• 10And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
 11But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. (Ex. 23:10‑11)
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2 Chron. 36:21• 21To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. (2 Chron. 36:21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest for the land, a sabbath to Jehovah. Thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.