Word

καταπαύω

katapaúō · G2664 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to rest or cease from work

To cease one's work or activity and so enjoy a period of rest, or to cause someone to do so

Examples
Hebrews 4:4 For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: “AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS”;
Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.
Hebrews 4:10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
to cause to cease, to make stop

To cause something or someone to cease from some activity or state

Examples
Acts 14:18 And even by saying these things, only with difficulty did they restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them.

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

εἰσέρχομαιto enter, to go into, to come into 1
θεόςGod 1
ἸησοῦςJesus 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ὄχλοςcrowd, multitude, common people 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀπόfrom+ ἔργονwork, deed 2
ἐνin+ ἡμέραday 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μόλιςwith difficulty, barely 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἔπωto say 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 3 words

נוּחַ nûwach · H5117 · to wait, to pause, to rest: Greek καταπαύω renders Hebrew נוּחַ in contexts of cessation and rest, both sharing the core semantic field of causing to stop or settle, with καταπαύω emphasizing the downward/settling aspect (κατα- prefix) that aligns with נוּחַ's sense of laying down or coming to rest.
שָׁבַת shâbath · H7673 · to end, to cease, to stop: καταπαύω (katapaúō, G2664) is the standard LXX rendering of שָׁבַת (shâbath, H7673) in contexts of ceasing/resting, particularly in Sabbath observance passages where both lexemes denote the act of stopping work or causing cessation.
כָּלָה kâlâh · H3615 · to be finished, to be completed, to come to an end: כָּלָה (kâlâh, H3615) כָּלָה emphasizes completion or ceasing through exhaustion/consumption (things coming to an end by being finished or used up), while καταπαύω (katapaúō, G2664) καταπαύω focuses on cessation through settling/resting (bringing to a stop or causing to desist from activity).

Semantic domains 3 entries

To rest, to cease from work23.81: In Hebrews 4:10, the writer continues, “the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His,” using this word for the act of ceasing from labor to rest.
To cause to rest23.85: In Hebrews 4:8, the writer argues, “if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that,” using this word for the act of causing someone else to rest.
To cause to cease, to make stop68.46: In Acts 14:18, at Lystra it is written that Paul and Barnabas “only with difficulty did restrain the crowds from offering sacrifices to them,” using this word for the act of stopping or restraining an action already underway.

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×κατάπαυσις katápausis · G2663 · to rest, to cease from work · 9×ἀνάπαυσις anápausis · G372 · to cease, to stop, rest · 5×καταπαύωkatapaúō · G2664ἐπαναπαύομαι 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 : 1 aorist κατεπαυσα; (κατά, like the German nieder down); 1. transitive, (the Sept. for…

: 1 aorist κατεπαυσα; (κατά, like the German nieder down);
1. transitive, (the Sept. for הֵנִיחַ, הִשְׁבִּית) to make quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest; i. e.
a. to lead to a quiet abode: τινα, Heb 4:8 (Ex 33:14; Deut 3:20; Deut 5:33; Deut 12:10; Josh 1:13, Josh 1:15; 2 Chr 14:7; 2 Chr 32:22; Sir. 24:11).
b. to still, restrain, to cause (one striving to do something) to desist: followed by τοῦ μή and an infinitive, Acts 14:18 (cf. Buttmann, § 140, 16 β.; Winer's Grammar, 325 (305)).
2. intransitive, to rest, take rest (Hebrew נוּחַ, שָׁבַת): ἀπό τίνος, Heb 4:4, Heb 4:10,(Gen 2:2). In the same and other senses in Greek writings from Homer down.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Tire, Rest3 occurrences Cease, Stop1 occurrence

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