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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 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:36 - Whenever it came to rest, he said, “Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - since you have not yet reached the resting place and the inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them and easily[fn] overran them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:56 - “Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark came to rest there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:41 - “Now arise, LORD God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:11 - So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:14 - “This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?
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