break the Sabbath

break the Sabbath

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Verb

break the Sabbath (third-person singular simple present breaks the Sabbath, present participle breaking the Sabbath, simple past broke the Sabbath, past participle broken the Sabbath)

1. (idiomatic) To violate the holiness or sanctity of the Sabbath by not keeping it holy.

   Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? (New American Standard Bible, ©1995)

Translations

to break the Sabbath

Esperanto: profani la sabaton, malsanktigi la sabaton French: violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat

German: den Sabbat brechen, den Sabbat entheiligen, den Sabbat schänden, den Sabbat entweihen Volapük: säsaludükön jabati, viodön jabati