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Lexicon :: Strong's G372 - anapausis

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ἀνάπαυσις
Transliteration
anapausis (Key)
Pronunciation
an-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: 1:350,56

Trench's Synonyms: xli. ἀνάπαυσις, ἄνεσις.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνάπαυσις anápausis, an-ap'-ow-sis; from G373; intermission; by implication, recreation:—rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G372 in the following manner: rest (4x), rest (with G2192) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G372 in the following manner: rest (4x), rest (with G2192) (1x).

  1. intermission, cessation of any motion, business or labour

  2. rest, recreation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνάπαυσις anápausis, an-ap'-ow-sis; from G373; intermission; by implication, recreation:—rest.
STRONGS G372:
ἀνάπαυσις, -εως, ἡ, (ἀναπαύω) [from Mimnermus, Pindar down];
1. intermission, cessation, of any motion, business, labor: ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ ἔχουσι λέγοντες [Rec. λέγοντα] equivalent to οὐκ ἀναπαύονται λέγοντες they incessantly say, Revelation 4:8.
2. rest, recreation: Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24; Revelation 14:11, (and often in Greek writings); blessed tranquillity of soul, Matthew 11:29, (Sir. 6:[27] 28; Sirach 51:27; Wis. 4:7). [The word denotes a temporary rest, a respite, e. g. of soldiers; cf. Schmidt, chapter 25; Bp. Lightfoot on Philemon 1:7; Trench, § xli.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:29; 12:43
Luke
11:24
Philemon
1:7
Revelation
4:8; 14:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G372 matches the Greek ἀνάπαυσις (anapausis),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - he said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant woman, and the alien, may be refreshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - It is a Sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the LORD in all your dwelling places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:8 - “You shall count seven weeks[fn] of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they set out from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - The LORD grant that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband!” Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - visit him every morning
and test him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Return, O my soul, to your rest;
for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:4 - I will not give sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:8 - Arise, O LORD, and go to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is a handful of quietness than two hands full of toil and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - Moreover, it has not seen the sun or known anything, yet it finds rest rather than he.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - The cities of Aroer are deserted;
they will be for flocks,
which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - And he said:
“You will no more exult,
O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon;
arise, cross over to Cyprus,
even there you will have no rest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people that was not;[fn] Assyria destined it for wild beasts. They erected their siege towers, they stripped her palaces bare, they made her a ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:10 - For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
and Moab shall be trampled down in his place,
as straw is trampled down in a dunghill.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong;
like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,
like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,
he casts down to the earth with his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And the effect of righteousness will be peace,
and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust[fn] forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - And wild animals shall meet with hyenas;
the wild goat shall cry to his fellow;
indeed, there the night bird[fn] settles
and finds for herself a resting place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:28 - “‘I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
for my people who have sought me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - You said, ‘Woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[fn]
and hard servitude;
she dwells now among the nations,
but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
in the midst of her distress.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - Arise and go,
for this is no place to rest,
because of uncleanness that destroys
with a grievous destruction.
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