G2663 — κατάπαυσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
rest
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάπαυσις, 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 îÀðåÌçÈä) intransitive, a resting, rest: ἡμέρα τῆς καταπαύσεώς, the day of rest, the sabbath, 2Ma 15:1; τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου, where I may rest, Act 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 4:10 f (after Psa 94:11 (), where the expression denotes the fixed and tranquil abode promised to the Israelites in the land of Palestine).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατάπαυσις (rest)
Acts 7:49
- KJV: Heaven my throne and earth my foot stool what house will ye build me saith the Lord or what the place of my rest
- GK: ο ουρανός μοι θρόνος η δε γη υποπόδιον των ποδών μου ποίον οίκον οικοδομήσετέ μοι λέγει κύριος η τις τόπος της καταπαύσεώς μου
Hebrews 3:11
- KJV: So I sware in my wrath They shall not enter into my rest
- GK: ως ώμοσα εν τη οργή μου ει εισελεύσονται εις την κατάπαυσίν μου
Hebrews 3:18
- KJV: And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but to them that believed not
- GK: τίσι δε ώμοσε μη εισελεύσεσθαι εις την κατάπαυσιν αυτού ει τοις απειθήσασι
Hebrews 4:1
- KJV: Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it
- GK: φοβηθώμεν ούν μήποτε καταλειπομένης επαγγελίας εισελθείν εις την κατάπαυσιν αυτού δοκή τις εξ υμών υστερηκέναι
Hebrews 4:3
- KJV: For we which have believed do enter into rest as he said As I have sworn in my wrath if they shall enter into my rest although the works were finished from the foundation of the world
- GK: εισερχόμεθα γαρ εις την κατάπαυσιν οι πιστεύσαντες καθώς είρηκεν ως ώμοσα εν τη οργή μου ει εισελεύσονται εις την κατάπαυσίν μου καίτοι των έργων από καταβολής κόσμου γενηθέντων
Hebrews 4:5
- KJV: And in this again If they shall enter into my rest
- GK: και εν τούτω πάλιν ει εισελεύσονται εις την κατάπαυσίν μου
Hebrews 4:10
- KJV: For he that is entered into his rest he also hath ceased from his own works as God from his
- GK: ο γαρ εισελθών εις την κατάπαυσιν αυτού και αυτός κατέπαυσεν από των έργων αυτού ώσπερ από των ιδίων ο θεός
Hebrews 4:11
- KJV: Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief
- GK: σπουδάσωμεν ούν εισελθείν εις εκείνην την κατάπαυσιν ίνα μη εν τω αυτώ τις υποδείγματι πέση της απειθείας