Word

κατάπαυσις

katápausis · G2663 · Greek · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to rest, to cease from work

To cease one’s work or activity, resulting in a period of rest

Examples
Acts 7:49 ‘HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND THE EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?’ says the Lord, ‘OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REST?
Hebrews 3:11 AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, ‘THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.’”
Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐγώI, we 4
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

8 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto 16

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τόποςplace 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

מְנוּחָה mᵉnûwchâh · H4496 · rest, peace of mind, peace: מְנוּחָה (mᵉnûwchâh, H4496) is the Hebrew term denoting rest, repose, or resting place that κατάπαυσις (katápausis, G2663) directly translates in LXX contexts, representing the same semantic field of cessation from labor and abiding peace.
נוּחַ nûwach · H5117 · to wait, to pause, to rest: Both denote cessation from activity and entering a state of rest; κατάπαυσις (katápausis, G2663) emphasizes the settled abode or place of rest (especially in Hebrews' theological use of the Sabbath rest), while נוּחַ (nûwach, H5117) focuses on the verbal action of coming to rest or causing to rest.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To rest, to cease from work23.81: In Hebrews 4:3, the writer contrasts belief and unbelief, “For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, ‘AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,’” using this word for the state of rest itself.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

παύω paúō · G3973 · to cause to cease, to make stop, to cease · 15×ἀναπαύω anapaúō · G373 · to cause to rest, to give rest, rest · 12×κατάπαυσιςkatápausis · G2663ἀνάπαυσις anápausis · G372 · to cease, to stop, rest · 5×καταπαύω katapaúō · G2664 · to rest, to cease from work, to cause to rest · 4×ἐπαναπαύομαι epanapaúomai · G1879 · to remain on, to continue to be on, to rely on · 2×ἀκατάπαυστος akatápaustos · G180 · never ceasing, not stopping · 1×συναναπαύομαι synanapaúomai · G4875 · to rest together with someone else, to rest with · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταπαύσεώς, ἡ (καταπαύω, which see); 1. actively, a putting to rest: τῶν πνευμάτων, a…

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: Heb 3:11, Heb 3:18; Heb 4:1, Heb 4:3, Heb 4:5, Heb 4:10f (after Ps 94:11, where the expression denotes the fixed and tranquil abode promised to the Israelites in the land of Palestine).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Tire, Rest9 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0