For the Jews, this is the seventh day. (Saturday) The Sabbath, according to the Ten Commandments, is a day which must be kept holy and a day of rest.

Sunday, as observed among Christians as a day of rest and worship

Sabbath, which means Saturday, was declared for the Israelites as the holy day of the week. God declared the Sabbath as a sign of the perpetual covenant between God and Israel. (Exodus 31:12-16.) The Israelites were required to strictly keep the Sabbath which meant that they may not engage in any worldly activity; they may not cook, nor make their slaves or cattle serve them. Those who violated these rules were to be put to death. The Israelites, however, publicly violated these rules. For further details, see Surah 7.

The seventh day, sacred to the Lord, on which no work was to be done.

(shab-BAHT) n. Shabbat; Sabbath; Day of rest. (Ex. 20:8). Observed from sunset Friday evening to sundown Saturday evening, marked by rest, worship, and study. One who traditionally observes the legal requirements for Shabbat is called Shomer Shabbat. One of the aseret hadibrot, or Ten Commandments (Ex. 20:2-17; Deut. 5:6-21) requires the sanctification of this day.

Saturday. Heb. Shabbat or Shabbath. The 7th day of the week.

The seventh day of the week put aside for rest as well as worship.

(SAB·bath). Generally the seventh day of the week but it also refers to annual holy days. The Sabbath dawns or begins at sunset the end of the sixth day (see Luke 23:54 and Marshall 1986:255). Wherever the word Sabbath is found in the New Testament it refers to either the traditional weekly Sabbath or to one of the annual Sabbaths of the Hebrew Scriptures.

The most important day of the week is the Sabbath, called Shabbat in Hebrew. This begins at sundown on Friday, since the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar calendar and a new day therefore begins at this time. Shabbat is a day for rest and prayer.

A weekly day of rest dedicated to Yahweh, but also to ensure human freedom to God.

a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

an interruption of your normal routine of work in order to have special times with God, family and friends

a whole day, from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday, the seventh day of the week

The Jewish day of rest, beginning at sunset on Friday and ending at sunset on Saturday.

Sunday; the Christian day of rest, when many Christians attend church.

In Judaism and Christianity, the 7th day of the week observed as a time of worship and rest. In Judaism and among some Christian faith groups, the Sabbath is observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Among most Christian faith groups, the Sabbath is observed on Sunday.

The seventh day of the week, holy to the Jewish people by the commandment of God. (Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15)

the day of religious observance, Saturday for Jews and some Christians, Sunday (the day of the Resurrection) for most others

From 'Shabbat' -- G-d blessed and sanctified the seventh day of the week as a day of rest.

The seventh day of the week, originally a day of rest, for after creation "God rested on the seventh day" (Gen. 2:2). Since Christ rose from the dead on the first day of the week, Sunday, the Church gathers on this day instead of the seventh to worship God. Sunday is also called "the Lord's Day" and "the eighth day," because it transcends the Sabbath and is seen as being a part of heavenly time rather than earthly time. See Ex. 20:8-11; Acts 20:7.

the day of rest. God completed the creation of the universe in six days. Therefore, God requires us to set one day apart for worship and rest. Christians set Sunday apart, as this is the day upon which Jesus rose from the dead.

The seventh day of the week, appointed in the decalog as a day of rest to be observed by the Jews; now, Saturday

(Hebrew: rest) A day of worship and rest observed on Sunday among Christians. See Shabbat

The Jewish holy day, from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. Also used by some Christian denominations for Sunday.

A day on which no work must be done.

The seventh day of the week, set aside by God for man to rest.

actually the Jewish day of rest and religious holiday (Saturday), but in Trakl's youthful poem it is cloaked in the meaning of a witches' celebration. [ Bequest: Sabbath

(from Hebrew shabbat, "to cease, rest") The seventh day of the week, a day of rest and worship; it extends from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday; it was the sign of the Mosaic covenant, and became especially important as an identifier of Jewishness beginning in the Babylonian exile. See Chapter 1.

A Jewish holy day of rest, occuring once a week, beginning at sundown on Friday and ending Saturday at nightfall. On this day Jews refrain from work and go to the Synagogue, where special prayers are recited and special rituals are performed.

(Hebrew, rest) The seventh day of the week from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday.. God completed the creation of the universe in six days. He required the Israelites to set the seventh day of every week apart for worship and rest, Deuteronomy 5:12 to 15. This "rest" was also figurative of the eternal rest awaiting the faithful after death, Hebrews 4:8-11. Christians are not required to observe the Jewish Sabbaths Colossians 2:16. They are required to meet together and remember the Lord's death burial and resurrection. This is done by sharing a cup of grape juice representing His shed blood and an unleavened loaf representing His body, Matthew 26:26 to 30, Mark 14:22 to 25 and 1 Corinthians 11:20 to 26. The first day of the week (which approximates our Sunday) was set apart for this, Acts 20:7. It is the day upon which Jesus rose from the dead. This weekly observance was known as "the breaking of the bread" and "the Lord's Supper" Acts 2:42, 20:7 and 1 Corinthians 11:20.

rest. God commanded his people in the Old Testament to observe the Sabbath or seventh day of the week by doing no work (Exodus 20:8-10) and remembering creation (Exodus 20:11) and the deliverance from Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:15). This ceremonial law foreshadowed the spiritual rest the Savior would bring and no longer applies in the New Testament (Colossians 2:16,17).

In the Bible, the Sabbath is a weekly religious day of rest as ordained by one of the Ten Commandments: the third by Eastern, Roman Catholic and Lutheran numbering, the fourth by other Protestants. The Hebrew word ("šhabbat", שַׁבָּת, http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?word=07676 Strong's H7676) means "the [day] of rest (or ceasing)", as it entails a ceasing or resting from labor. The institution of the Old Testament Sabbath, a "perpetual covenant ... [for] the people of Israel" (-NRSV), was in respect for the day during which God rested after having completed the Creation in six days: , , .

In Christian folklore, the Sabbath (also known as "Witch's Sabbath") was a gathering supposed to have been celebrated by Satanists, witches and warlocks to honor the Devil, offend God, Jesus, the sacraments, the cross, and perform unholy rites.