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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, , (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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:9 - The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - "'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD in all the places where you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - "Tell the Israelites, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud horn blasts, a holy assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the LORD for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest - a Sabbath to the LORD. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:8 - "'You must count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven weeks of years will amount to forty-nine years.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they traveled from the mountain of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD was traveling before them during the three days' journey, to find a resting place for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - May the LORD enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!" Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:1 - At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, Solomon will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:2 - King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD's covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Rest once more, my soul, for the LORD has vindicated you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:4 - I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:8 - Ascend, O LORD, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man -
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - When the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:2 - The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - He said, "You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there."
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:13 - Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:10 - For the LORD's power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:28 - I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - 'You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the LORD has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits. ד (Dalet)
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it!
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