H8059 שְׁמִטָּה (shᵉmiṭṭâh) shem-it-taw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

remission

Strong's Definition

remission (of debt) or suspension of labor)

Derivation: from H8058 (שָׁמַט);

KJV Usage: release.

TWOT Reference: 2408a

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמִטָּה (she.mit.tah) — remission. letting drop of exactions, (temporary) remitting, release (from debt)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁמִטָּה (H8059)

noun f · שׁמט

Non-Possess

release = action by which humans relinquish their rights to an object, either temporarily or permanently

DEU 15:1 · DEU 15:2 · DEU 15:2 · DEU 15:9 · DEU 31:10

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁמִטָּה n.f. a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting base

Bible Occurrences (4)

15:1 15:2 15:9 31:10

Deuteronomy 15:1

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:2

This is the manner of remission: Every creditor...... shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful not to harbor... this wicked... thought in your heart: The seventh year, the year of release, is near, so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses commanded them, At the end of [every] seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission [of debt], during the Feast of Tabernacles,