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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 is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me?

says the Lord.

Or where will my resting place be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 - So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”[fn] And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:5 - And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10 - for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[fn] just as God did from his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11 - Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
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