The True Sabbath Found in the Languages of the World
Indisputable proof that the seventh day Bible Sabbath was not, and is not, exclusively "Jewish".
 
 
 
 
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!
 
 
Chart of the Week (showing the position of God's Holy Sabbath)
 
LANGUAGE
(Where spoken, read, or otherwise used)		 1 2 3 4 5 6 Name of the
SEVENTH DAY
Shemitic
Hebrew Bible
world-wide

 Day One

 Day Second

 Day Third

 Day Fourth

 Day Fifth

 Day the Sixth

 Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the Sabbath

Hebrew
(ancient & modern)

 One into the Sabbath

 Second into the Sabbath

 Third into the Sabbath

 Fourth into the Sabbath

 Fifth into the Sabbath

 Eve of Holy Sabbath

 Shab-bath
Sabbath

Targum of Onkelos
(Hebrew Literature)

 Day One

 Day Second

 Day Third

 Day Fourth

 Day Fifth

 Day the Sixth

 Yom hash-shab-bath
Day the Sabbath

Targum
Dialect of the Jews in Kurdistan

 Day One of the Seven

 Day 2nd of the Seven

 Day 3rd of the Seven

 Day 4th of the Seven

 Day 5th of the Seven

 Day of Eve
(of Sabbath)

 yoy-met sha-bat kodesh
Holy Sabbath Day

Ancient Syriac
*Each day proceeds on, and belongs to the Sabbath

 One into Sabbath

 Two into Sabbath

 Three into Sabbath

 Four into Sabbath

 Five into Sabbath

 Eve
(of Sabbath)

 Shab-ba-tho
Sabbath

Chaldee Syriac
Kurdistan & Urdmia, Persia

 One into Sabbath

 Two into Sabbath

 Three into Sabbath

 Four into Sabbath

 Five into Sabbath

 Eve
(of Sabbath)

 Shap-ta
Sabbath

Samaritan
(Old Hebrew Letters)
Nablus, Palestine

 Day One

 Day Second

 Day Third

 Day Fourth

 Day Fifth

 Day Sixth

 Shab-bath
Sabbath

Babylonian
Euphrates & Tigris Valleys Mesopotamia (written language, 3800 B.C.)

 First

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Sixth

 Sa-ba-tu
Sabbath

Assyrian
Euphrates & Tigris Valleys, Mesopotamia

 First

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Sixth

 sa-ba-tu
Sabbath

Arabic
(Very old names)

 Business Day

 Light Moon

 War Chief

 Turning Day or Midweek

 Familiar or Society Day

 Eve
(of Sabbath)

 Shi-yar
Chief or Rejoicing Day

Arabic
(ancient & modern) Western Asia, E.,W., & N. Africa

 The One

 The Two

 The Three

 The Four

 The Fifth

 Assembly
(day, Muham)

 as-sabt
The Sabbath

Maltese
Malta

 One (day)

 Two (and day)

 The 3 (3rd day)

 The 4 (4th day)

 Fifth (day)

 Assembly

 Is-sibt
The Sabbath

Ge-ez or Ethiopic
Abyssinia
(Ge-ez signifies "original")

 One (day)

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Eve (of Sabbath)

 san-bat
Sabbath

Tigre
Abyssinia
(closely related to Ge-ez)

 One (First day)

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Eve (of Sabbath)

 san-bat
Sabbath

Amharic
Abyssinia (nearly related to Ge-ez)

 One

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Eve (of Sabbath)

 san-bat
Sabbath

Falasha
(language of the Jews of Abyssinia)

 One

 Second

 Third

 Fourth

 Fifth

 Sixth

 yini sanbat
The Sabbath

Coptic
Egypt (a dead language for 200 years)

 The First Day

 The 2nd Day

 The 3rd Day

 The 4th Day

 The 5th Day

 The 6th Day

 pi sabbaton
The Sabbath

Orma or Galla
South of Abyssinia (this language has two sets of names, the first being the oldest)

 Lady, Virgin Mary Day.
Great or Festival Sabbath

 Second day.
First Trade Day

 3rd Day to the Sabbath.
Second Trade Day

 4th day to the Sabbath.
Fourth (day)

 Fifth (day)

 Assembly (day)

 Last day of the half-week, inclusive of
4th day.
Little or Humble or Solemn Sabbath
(a day of no ceremonial display nor work)

Tamashek or Towarek
(from ancient Lybian or Numidian) Atlas Mountains, Africa.

 First day

 Second day

 Third day

 Fourth day

 Fifth day

 Assembly Day

 a-hal es-sabt
The Sabbath Day

Kabyle or Berber
(ancient Numidian) North Africa

 Day the One (First)

 Day the Two (2nd)

 Day the Three (3rd)

 Day the Four (4th)

 Day the Fifth

 The Assembly Day

 ghas or wars assebt
The Sabbath Day

Hausa
(Central Africa)

The One (1st)

 The Two (2nd)

 The Three (3rd)

 The Four (4th)

 The Fifth

 The Assembly

 assebatu
The Sabbath

Urdu or Hindustani
(Muhammadan & Hindu, India; two names for the days)

 One to Sabbath. Sunday

 2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day

 3rd to Sabbath. Mars

 4th to Sabbath. Mercury

 5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma)

 Assembly (day)

 shamba - Sabbath
sanichar - Saturn

Pashto or Afghan
Afghanistan

 One to Sabbath

 Two to Sabbath

 Three to Sabbath

 Four to Sabbath

 Five to Sabbath

 Assembly (day)

 khali - Unemployed-day
Shamba - Sabbath

 
 
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 -- indisputable proof that God's Holy Sabbath as given in the Bible 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 and 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, Socrates, 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 is 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
 
Language
 Word for Saturday or 7th Day
 Meaning
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 & 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)

Miscellaneous Middle Age Languages
Georgian (Caucasus)
Suanian (Caucasus)
Ingoush (Caucasus)
Malayan (Malaya, Sumatra)
Javanese (Java)
Dayak (Borneo)
Makassar (S. Celebes & Salayer Islands)
Malagassy (Madagascar)
Swahili (E. equatorial Africa)
Mandingo (W. Africa, S. of Senegal)
Teda (Central Africa)
Bornu (Central Africa)
Logone (Central Africa)
Bagrimma (Central Africa)
Maba (Central Africa)
Permian (Russian)
Votiak (Russian)		 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


Shabati
Sammtyn
Shatt
Hari sabtu
Saptoe or saptu
Sabtu
Sattu
Alsabotsy
As-sabt
Sibiti
Essebdu
Assebdu
Se-sibde
Sibbedi
Sab
Subota
Subbota		 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
day Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
The Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
Sabbath
 
 
 
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