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More about
Dr. William Meade Jones |
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Dr. William Meade Jones lived over a hundred and fifty years ago,
and was a well-known London, England, research expert. He discovered in
his studies that the Seventh-day Sabbath was the only weekly Sabbath ever
commanded by God in the Bible.
Jones decided that, since Scripture clearly shows that the Bible Sabbath was
first given to mankind at the end of the Creation Week, (Genesis 2:1-3) then
two important facts would have had to be known throughout the ancient world:
First, a fixing of the seven-day weekly cycle on a world-wide basis, and second,
an ancient world-wide knowledge of the Seventh-day Sabbath.
Jones was convinced of this for several reasons:
1. Adam and Noah were earnest worshipers of
God and were faithful Sabbath keepers. (Genesis 6:9,7:5)
2. They would have
taught their descendents about the Bible Sabbath, and
its sacredness.
3. The truth that
God is to be worshiped on the seventh of each seven-day
week, requires a seven-day week, even though they may
have later turned to idols and left the worship of the
True God.
4. As the descendents
of Adam and Noah spread out all over the world, they
would have carried with them the seven day week, and
the seventh day holy Sabbath given by God to mankind.
Many of Adam's and Noah's descendents became scoffers, however Jones reasoned,
that they would still carry with them the twin truths of the Creation Week, of
Genesis 1 by their keeping of the seven-day weekly cycle, and the Seventh-day
Sabbath by naming the seventh day of the week in their language as the day of
Sabbath rest.
William Mead Jones decided to research a majority of the languages of the world
to see if his reasonings were true. The results of his research was as he suspected
and is another powerful proof, not only that the Seventh day is the true Sabbath
of God, but also that the creation account in Genesis 1 and 2 is accurate, and
that God is our Creator!
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Chart of the Week (Showing
the position of the true Sabbath)
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LANGUAGE
(Where Spoken, Read, or
Otherwise Used)
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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Name of the
SEVENTH DAY
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Shemitic
Hebrew Bible world-wide
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Day One
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Day Second
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Day Third
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Day Fourth
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Day Fifth
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Day the Sixth
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Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the Sabbath
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Hebrew
(Ancient and Modern)
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One into the Sabbath
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Second into the Sabbath
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Third into the Sabbath
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Fourth into the Sabbath
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Fifth into the Sabbath
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Eve of Holy Sabbath
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Shab-bath
Sabbath
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Targum
of Onkelos
(Hebrew Literature)
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Day One
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Day Second
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Day Third
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Day Fourth
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Day Fifth
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Day the Sixth
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Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the Sabbath
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Targum Dialect
of the
Jews in Kurdistan
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Day One of the Seven
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Day 2nd of the Seven
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Day 3rd of the Seven
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Day 4th of the Seven
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Day 5th of the Seven
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Day of Eve
(of Sabbath)
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yoy-met sha-bat kodesh
Holy Sabbath Day
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Ancient
Syriac
*Each day proceeds
on,
and belongs to the Sabbath
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One into Sabbath
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Two into Sabbath
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Three into Sabbath
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Four into Sabbath
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Five into Sabbath
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Eve
(of Sabbath)
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Shab-ba-tho
Sabbath
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Chaldee
Syriac
Kurdistan and Urdmia,
Persia
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One into Sabbath
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Two into Sabbath
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Three into Sabbath
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Four into Sabbath
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Five into Sabbath
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Eve
(of Sabbath)
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Shap-ta
Sabbath
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Samaritan
(Old Hebrew Letters)
Nablus, Palestine
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Day One
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Day Second
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Day Third
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Day Fourth
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Day Fifth
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Day Sixth
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Shab-bath
Sabbath
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Babylonian
Euphrates & Tigris Valleys
Mesopotamia
(Written lang. 3800 B.C.)
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First
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Sixth
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Sa-ba-tu
Sabbath
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Assyrian
Euphrates and Tigris Valleys,
Mesopotamia
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First
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Sixth
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sa-ba-tu
Sabbath
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Arabic
(Very old names)
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Business Day
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Light Moon
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War Chief
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Turning Day or Midweek
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Familiar or Society Day
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Eve
(of Sabbath)
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Shi-yar
Chief or Rejoicing Day
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Arabic
(Ancient and Modern)
Westn. Asia,
E,W & N. Africa
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The One
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The Two
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The Three
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The Four
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The Fifth
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Assembly
(day, Muham)
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as-sabt
The Sabbath
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Maltese,
Malta
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One (day)
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Two (and day)
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The 3 (3rd d.)
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The 4 (4th d.)
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Fifth (day)
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Assembly
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Is-sibt.
The Sabbath
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Ge-ez or Ethiopic
Abyssinia
(Ge-ez signifies "original")
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One (day)
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Eve (of Sabbath)
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san-bat
Sabbath
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Tigre
Abyssinia
(Closely related to Ge-ez)
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One (First day)
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Eve (of Sabbath)
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san-bat
Sabbath
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Amharic,
Abyssinia
(Nearly related to Ge-ez)
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One
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Eve (of Sabbath)
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san-bat
Sabbath
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Falasha
(Language of the
Jews of Abyssinia)
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One
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Second
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Third
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Fourth
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Fifth
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Sixth
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yini sanbat
The Sabbath
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Coptic /
Egypt
(A dead lang. for 200 years)
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The First Day
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The 2nd Day
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The 3rd Day
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The 4th Day
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The 5th Day
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The 6th Day
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pi sabbaton
The Sabbath
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Orma or Galla
South of Abyssinia
(This language has two sets of names, the first
being the oldest)
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Lady, Virgin Mary Day.
Great or Festival Sabbath
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Second day.
First Trade Day
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3rd Day to the Sabbath.
Second Trade Day
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4th day to the Sabbath.
Fourth (day)
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Fifth (day)
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Assembly (day)
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Last day of the half-week
inclusive of 4th day.
Little or Humble or
Solemn Sabbath
(A day of no ceremonial display and no work)
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Tamashek or Towarek.
(From ancient Lybian or
Numidian).
Atlas Mountains, Africa.
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First day
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Second day
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Third day
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Fourth day
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Fifth day
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Assembly Day
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a-hal es-sabt.
The Sabbath Day
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Kabyle or Berber.
(Ancient Numidian)
North Africa
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Day the One (First)
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Day the Two (2nd)
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Day the Three (3rd)
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Day the Four (4th)
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Day the Fifth
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The Assembly Day
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ghas or wars assebt
The Sabbath Day
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Hausa
(Central Africa)
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The One (1st)
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The Two (2nd)
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The Three (3rd)
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The Four (4th)
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The Fifth
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The Assembly
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assebatu
The Sabbath
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Urdu or Hindustani
(Muhammadan and Hindu, India)
(Two names for the days)
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One to Sabbath. Sunday
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2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day
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3rd to Sabbath. Mars
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4th to Sabbath. Mercury
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5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma)
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Assembly (day)
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sanichar - Saturn
shamba - Sabbath
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Pashto or Afghan
Afghanistan
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One to the Sabbath
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Two to Sabbath
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Three to Sabbath
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Four to Sabbath
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Five to Sabbath
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Assembly (day)
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khali - Unemployed-day,
Shamba - Sabbath
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The table above includes some of the oldest languages known to man. One of these,
the Babylonian language, was in use hundreds of years before the Hebrew race
was founded by Abraham. That language designated the seventh day of the week
as "sa-ba-tu," meaning rest day -- another indisputable proof that
the Bible "Sabbath" was not, and is not, exclusively Jewish.
Very few realize that the word "Sabbath" and the concept of resting
from work on the seventh day of the week (Saturday) is common to most of the
ancient and modern languages of the world. This is evidence totally independent
of the Scriptures that confirms the Biblical teaching that God's seventh day
Sabbath predates Judaism. The concept of a Saturday holy day of rest was understood,
accepted, and practiced by virtually every culture from Babylon through modern
times.
In the study of the many languages of mankind you will find two important facts:
1. In the majority of the principal
languages the last, or seventh, day of the week is designated
as "Sabbath."
2. There is not even one language which
designates another day as the "day of rest."
From these facts we may conclude that not only those people who called
the last day of the week "Sabbath," but all other peoples
and races, as far as they recognized any day of the week as "Sabbath,"
rested on the seventh day. In fact, it was recorded by the great historian,
Sozomen,
that in his time the whole known world, with the exception of Rome
and Alexandria, observed the seventh day of the week.
"The people of Constantinople,
and almost everywhere, assemble together on the Sabbath,
as well as on the first day of the week, which custom
is never observed at Rome or at Alexandria."
Socrates, "Ecclesiastical
History," Book 7, chap.19.
Another interesting fact is that the words in the original languages that are
used to designate the seventh day of the week as the "Sabbath" have
continued to be very similar while the other words have been so changed over
time that they are unintelligibel to people of other language groups. This another
proof that the Sabbath and the words used to designate the seventh day of the
week as the "Sabbath day" originated at Creation in complete harmony
with the Biblical record found in Genesis 2:1-3.
Language List
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Language
Greek
Latin (Italy)
Spanish (Spain)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Italian (Italy)
French (France)
High German (Germany)
Prussian (Prussia)
Russian (Russia)
Polish
Hebrew
Afaghan
Hindustani
Persian
Arabic
Turkish
Malay
Abyssinian
Lusatian (Saxony)
Bohemian
Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
New Slovenian (Illyria, in Austria)
Illyrian (Dalmatia, Servia)
Wallachian (Roumania or Wallachia)
Roman (Sapin, Catalonia)
Ecclesiastical Roman (Italy)
D'oc. French (ancient and modern)
Norman French (10th -11th Centuries)
Wolof (Senegambia, West Africa)
Congo (West Equatorial Africa)
Orma (South of Abyssiania)
Kazani - TARTAR (East Russia)
Osmanlian (Turkey)
Arabic (Very old names)
Ancient Syriac
Chaldee Syriac (Kurdistan,Urumia,Persia)
Babylonian Syriac (A Very Old Language)
Maltese (Malta)
Ethiopic (Abyssinia)
Coptic (Egypt)
Tamashek (Atlas mountains, Africa)
Kabyle (North Africa, Ancient Numidan)
Hausa (Central Africa)
Pasto (Afghanistan)
Pahlivi (ancient Persian)
Persian (Persia)
Armenian (Armenia)
Kurdish (Kurdistan)
Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
Shona (Zimbabwe)
Miscellaneous Middle Ages Languages
Georgian (Caucasus)
Suanian (Caucasus)
Ingoush (Caucasus)
Malayan (Malaya, Sumatra)
Javanese (Java)
Dayak (Borneo)
Makassar (s. Celebes & Salayer
islands)
Malagassy (Madagascar)
Swahili (east equatorial Africa)
Mandingo (west Africa, s. of Senegal)
Teda (central Africa)
Bornu (central Africa)
Logone (central Africa)
Bagrimma (central Africa)
Maba (central Africa)
Permian (Russian)
Votiak (Russian)
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Word
for Saturday/7thDay
Sabbaton
Sabbatum
Sábado
Sabbado
Sabbato
Samedi
Samstag
Sabatico
Subbota
Sobota
Shabbath
Shamba
Shamba
Shambin
Assabt
Yomessabt
Ari-Sabtu
Sanbat
Sobota
Sobota
Subbota
Sobota
Subota
Sambata
Dissapte
Sabbatum
Dissata
Sabbedi
Alere-Asser
Sabbado or Kiansbula
Zam-ba-da
Subbota
Yome-es-sabt
Shi-yar
Shab-ba-tho
Shaptu
Sa-Ba-tu
Is-sibt
San-bat
Pi sabbaton
A-hal es-sabt
Ghas assebt
Assebatu
Shamba
Shambid
Shambah
Shapat
Shamba
Sabatha
Sabata
Shabati
Sammtyn
Shatt
Hari sabtu
Saptoe or saptu
Sabtu
Sattu
Alsabotsy
As-sabt
Sibiti
Essebdu
Assebdu
Se-sibde
Sibbedi
Sab
Subota
Subbota
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Meaning
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Sabbath
Day Sabbath
Sabbath Day
Last Day Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
day of the Sabbath
Chief or rejoicing day
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
the Sabbath
Sabbath
the Sabbath
the Sabbath
the Sabbath day
the Sabbath
Sabbath
(pleasantest day of the week)
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
day Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
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