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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 9 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 - ‘HEAVEN G3772 IS MY THRONE G2362,
AND EARTH G1093 IS THE FOOTSTOOL G5286 OF MY FEET G4228;
WHAT G4169 KIND G4169 OF HOUSE G3624 WILL YOU BUILD G3618 FOR ME?’ says G3004 the Lord, G2962
‘OR G2228 WHAT G5101 PLACE G5117 IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE G2663?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 - AS I SWORE G3660 IN MY WRATH G3709,
‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER G1525 MY REST G2663.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom G5101 did He swear G3660 that they would not enter G1525 His rest, G2663 but to those G3588 who G5101 were disobedient? G544

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Therefore, G3767 let us fear G5399 if, G3379 while a promise G1860 remains G2641 of entering G1525 His rest, G2663 any G5100 one G5100 of you may seem G1380 to have come G5302 short G5302 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For we who G5101 have believed G4100 enter G1525 that rest, G2663 just G2531 as He has said, G3004
“AS I SWORE G3660 IN MY WRATH G3709,
THEY SHALL NOT ENTER G1525 MY REST G2663,”
although G2543 His works G2041 were finished G1096 from the foundation G2602 of the world. G2889

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:5 - and again G3825 in this G3778 passage, “THEY SHALL NOT ENTER G1525 MY REST G2663.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10 - For the one who G5101 has entered G1525 His rest G2663 has himself G846 also G2532 rested G2664 from his works, G2041 as God G2316 did from His.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11 - Therefore G3767 let us be diligent G4704 to enter G1525 that rest, G2663 so G2443 G3361 that no G3361 one G5100 will fall, G4098 through G1722 following the same G846 example G5262 of disobedience. G543
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