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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 my footstool.
Could you build me a temple as good as that?’
asks the LORD.
‘Could you build me such a resting place?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 - So in my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,’”[fn] even though this rest has been ready since he made the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:5 - But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:10 - For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:11 - So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
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