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Lexicon :: Strong's G2663 - katapausis

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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 Box Act 7:49

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:49 -

‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE,

AND THE EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL FOR MY FEET;

WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord,

‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 -

SO I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH,

‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST [the promised land].’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 -

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said,

“AS I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH,

THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,”

[this He said] although His works were [fn]completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10 - For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11 - Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].
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