break the Sabbath

verb

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)”

Opposite
sabbatisesabbatize
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Meanings

verbbreak 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)

present singular third person breaks the Sabbath · participle present breaking the Sabbath · past broke the Sabbath · participle past broken the Sabbath

  1. idiomaticTo 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)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
sabbatisesabbatize

Translations

Esperanto profani la sabaton, malsanktigi la sabaton
  • profani la sabatonto break the Sabbath
  • malsanktigi la sabatonto break the Sabbath
French violer le sabbat, profaner le sabbat
  • violer le sabbatto break the Sabbath
  • profaner le sabbatto break the Sabbath
German den Sabbat brechen, den Sabbat entheiligen
  • den Sabbat brechento break the Sabbath
  • den Sabbat entheiligento break the Sabbath
  • den Sabbat schändento break the Sabbath
  • den Sabbat entweihento break the Sabbath
Romanian încălca Sabatul
  • încălca Sabatulto break the Sabbath
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APA

break the Sabbath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20the%20Sabbath

MLA

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Chicago

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