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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 resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned into the ark to him, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her, and drew her into the ark to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - He saw that rest was good,
And that the land was pleasant;
He bowed his shoulder to bear a burden,
And became a band of slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - ‘Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - “Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest 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 for you, and you shall afflict your souls. 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 the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - ‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-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 neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - ‘What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:8 - ‘And you shall count seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years; and the time of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty-nine years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - So they departed from the mountain of the LORD on a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them for the three days’ journey, to search 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 in the house of her husband.” So 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, shall I not seek security 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; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon,[fn] for I will give peace and quietness 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 brethren 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 had made preparations to build it.

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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 of the month[fn] they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - That You should 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 wealth,
And in a moment go down to the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:7 - Return to your rest, O my soul,
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, to Your resting place,
You and the ark of Your strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:5 - Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:17 - Words of the wise, spoken quietly, should be heard
Rather than the shout of a ruler of fools.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - “And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a banner to the people;
For the Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - It shall come to pass in the day the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in 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 forsaken;[fn]
They will be for flocks
Which lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, cross over to Cyprus;
There also 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 people which was not;
Assyria founded it for wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:10 - For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest,
And Moab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one,
Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm,
Like a flood of mighty waters overflowing,
Who will bring them down to the earth with His hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - The work of righteousness will be peace,
And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:14 - The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the jackals,
And the wild goat shall bleat to its companion;
Also the night creature shall rest there,
And find for herself a place of rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:28 - “But I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - Sharon shall be a fold of 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 now! For the LORD has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
She dwells among the nations,
She finds no rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:10 - “Arise and depart,
For this is not your rest;
Because it is defiled, it shall destroy,
Yes, with utter destruction.
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