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break the Sabbath

break the Sabbath verb: to violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).

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)

Antonyms of break the Sabbath

Forms of break the Sabbath

third-person singular presentbreaks the Sabbath
present participlebreaking the Sabbath
pastbroke the Sabbath
past participlebroken the Sabbath

Questions about break the Sabbath

What does break the Sabbath mean?
Break the Sabbath means to violate (the holiness or sanctity of) the Sabbath (by not keeping it holy).
What part of speech is break the Sabbath?
Break the Sabbath is a verb.
What is the past tense of break the Sabbath?
The past tense of break the Sabbath is broke the Sabbath.

Words near break the Sabbath in the dictionary

  1. break the internets
  2. break the interwebs
  3. break the mold
  4. break the mould
  5. break the news
  6. break the Sabbath
  7. break the seal
  8. break the silence
  9. break the story
  10. break the web
  11. break the wheel

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