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Lexicon :: Strong's G2663 - katapausis

Aa
κατάπαυσις
Transliteration
katapausis (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ap'-ow-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:628,419

Strong’s Definitions

κατάπαυσις katápausis, kat-ap'-ow-sis; from G2664; reposing down, i.e. (by Hebraism) abode:—rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2663 in the following manner: rest (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2663 in the following manner: rest (9x).

  1. a putting to rest

    1. calming of the winds

  2. a resting place

    1. metaph. the heavenly blessedness in which God dwells, and of which he has promised to make persevering believers in Christ partakers after the toils and trials of life on earth are ended

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατάπαυσις katápausis, kat-ap'-ow-sis; from G2664; reposing down, i.e. (by Hebraism) abode:—rest.
STRONGS G2663:
κατάπαυσις, καταπαύσεώς, ἡ (καταπαύω, which see);
1. actively, a putting to rest: τῶν πνευμάτων, a calming of the winds Theophrastus, de ventis 18; τυράννων, removal from office Herodotus 5, 38.
2. In the Greek Scriptures (the Sept. several times for מְנוּחָה) intransitive, a resting, rest: ἡμέρα τῆς καταπαύσεώς, the day of rest, the sabbath, 2 Macc. 15:1; τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου, where I may rest, Acts 7:49. Metaphorically, ἡ κατάπαυσις τοῦ Θεοῦ, the heavenly blessedness in which God dwells, and of which he has promised to make persevering believers in Christ partakers after the toils and trials of life on earth are ended: Hebrews 3:11, 18; Hebrews 4:1, 3, 5, 10f (after Psalm 94:11 (Ps. 95:11), where the expression denotes the fixed and tranquil abode promised to the Israelites in the land of Palestine).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
94:11; 95:11
Acts
7:49
Hebrews
3:11; 3:18; 4:1; 4:3; 4:5; 4:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2663 matches the Greek κατάπαυσις (katapausis),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - for ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trod them down at their resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Jehovah God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 -
Wherefore I sware in my wrath,
That they should not enter into my rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14 -
This is my resting-place for ever:
Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
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