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SABBATHS, OF YEARS

sab'-aths, (shabbethoth shanim; anapauseis eton (Leviticus 25:8)): The seven sabbatic years preceding the Year of Jubilee.

See SABBATICAL YEAR ; JUBILEE YEAR ; ASTRONOMY, I , sec. I, 5.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.