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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).
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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 shalt thou perform works, but on the seventh day shall be rest—a holy sabbath—a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - (LXX 10:35) And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands and tens of thousands in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - For hitherto ye have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which the Lord our God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nua closely till they came opposite Gabaa on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - (LXX 6:16) And these were the men whom David set over the service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - And now, O Lord God, arise into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and thy sons rejoice in prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - (LXX 94:11) So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14 - (LXX 131:14) This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - Thus saith the Lord, [fn] Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will ye build me? and of what kind is to be the place of my rest?
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