Σαββᾰτ-ισμός G4520
A Sabbath rest, the observance of sacred rest
Hebrews 4:9 promises that 'there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.' This rare noun (appearing only here in the New Testament) emphasizes not just rest but Sabbath-keeping—the sacred, covenant rest that Israel's weekly Sabbath foreshadowed. The author argues that Joshua's conquest didn't exhaust God's rest promise; a greater, eschatological Sabbath remains for believers who enter God's rest through faith.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A keeping of Sabbath rest, the eschatological rest promised in Hebrews 4:9. The term intensifies beyond mere rest to emphasize sacred, covenantal rest-keeping. The cross-linguistic glosses (sabbath-rest, reposo-sabático, Sabbatruhe) preserve the Sabbath dimension that links the promise to Israel's weekly observance. 1×
AR["رَاحَةُ-سَبْتٍ"]·ben["বিশ্রামবার"]·DE["Sabbatruhe"]·EN["sabbath-rest"]·FR["Sabbatruhe"]·heb["שַׁבָּתוֹן"]·HI["विश्राम-जैसा-विराम"]·ID["sabat"]·IT["sabbatismos"]·jav["Sabat"]·KO["안식일이"]·PT["um-repouso-sabático"]·RU["субботство"]·ES["reposo-sabático"]·SW["pumziko-la-Sabato"]·TR["şabat-dinlenmesi"]·urd["سبت-کا-آرام"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Σαββᾰτ-ισμός, ὁ, a keeping of days of rest, Ep. Hebrew 4.9,Refs 1st c.AD+