shabuoth

1. 1.

   (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments

   SynonymsShavousShavuothShavuotPentecostFeast of Weeks

   BroaderJewish holy day

   Judaism

Other forms of shabuoth

plural

shabuoths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shabuoth

What does shabuoth mean?

shabuoth means "(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments".

How many syllables are in shabuoth?

shabuoth has 3 syllables: sha-bu-oth. The stress falls on "sha".

What is another word for shabuoth?

Close synonyms include Shavous, Shavuoth, Shavuot, Pentecost, Feast of Weeks. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shabuoth a common word?

shabuoth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.