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Sabbath-day's journey

Sabbath-day's journey noun: the distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.

Noun

Sabbath-day's journey

  1. (historical) The distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.

Forms of Sabbath-day's journey

alternative formSabbath-day's walk

Origin of Sabbath-day's journey

See Joshua iii. 4 in the Bible.

Questions about Sabbath-day's journey

What does Sabbath-day's journey mean?
Sabbath-day's journey means the distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.
What part of speech is Sabbath-day's journey?
Sabbath-day's journey is a noun.

Words near Sabbath-day's journey in the dictionary

  1. Sabbath-breaker
  2. Sabbath-breakers
  3. Sabbath-breaking
  4. Sabbath-breakings
  5. Sabbath-day
  6. Sabbath-day's journey
  7. Sabbath-days
  8. Sabbath-keeper
  9. Sabbath-keepers
  10. Sabbath-keeping
  11. Sabbath-keepings

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