ἀνάψυξις
anápsyxis · G403 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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relief, breathing space
Relief from distressful, burdensome circumstances
ExamplesActs 3:19 “Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
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refreshing, encouragement, recovery of happiness
A state of cheer and encouragement after a period of having been troubled or upset
ExamplesActs 3:19 “Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀνάπαυσις anápausis · G372 · to cease, to stop, rest
- Greek noun denoting rest or relief from labor/distress; overlaps significantly with ἀνάψυξις in the sense of refreshment or recovery, though ἀνάπαυσις emphasizes cessation of toil while ἀνάψυξις emphasizes recovery of breath/spirit
- παράκλησις paráklēsis · G3874 · to encourage, to console, encouragement
- Greek noun for encouragement or comfort; shares the domain of refreshment/encouragement (25.148) with ἀνάψυξις, though παράκλησις focuses on verbal/personal encouragement while ἀνάψυξις emphasizes experiential revival
Contrasting words 1 word
- θλῖψις thlîpsis · G2347 · trouble and suffering, suffering, persecution
- Greek noun denoting affliction or distress; lexical opposite of ἀνάψυξις (revival/relief), as θλῖψις represents the state of being pressed down or oppressed while ἀνάψυξις represents recovery and refreshment from such a state
In the other Testament 1 word
- מַרְגֵּעָה margêʻâh · H4774 · rest
- Hebrew noun meaning rest or relief from distress, semantically parallel to the figurative revival sense of ἀνάψυξις
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Relief, breathing space22.35
- In Acts 3:20, Peter urges the people to repent “so that times of refreshing (anapsýxeōs) may come from the presence of the Lord,” describing a coming relief from present hardship.
- Refreshing, encouragement, recovery of happiness25.148
- The same verse, Acts 3:20, describes these “times of refreshing (anapsýxeōs)” as also carrying a renewal of joy and encouragement for God's people, alongside the relief it brings.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀναψύξεως, ἡ (ἀναψύχω, which see), a cooling, refreshing: Acts 3:20 (19), of the…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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