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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

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

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