187: sabbath Jun 13, 2015

The Sabbath ultimately derives from the Hebrew 'šabbā t' , from 'šā b a t' meaning ‘to rest.’ The Latin for the Sabbath is, 'sabbatum' and is related to the word where seven comes from. A sabbatical comes once every seven years, as opposed to just seven days, but it comes from the Greek word, 'sabbatikos' meaning "of the Sabbath".