Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8059: שְׁמִטָּה

shᵉmiṭṭâh · pronounced shem-it-taw' · “remission”

Definition

remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

KJV translates it as: release.

Word origin: from H8058 (שָׁמַט);

Extended definition

letting drop of exactions, (temporary) remitting, release (from debt)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8059 is translated

  • remission ×3
  • a remission ×2

Bible verses with H8059 (shᵉmiṭṭâh)

Shᵉmiṭṭâh appears in 4 verses.

  • Deuteronomy 15:1

    At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

  • Deuteronomy 15:2

    And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.

  • Deuteronomy 15:9

    Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Deuteronomy 31:10

    And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,