STRONGS NUMBER G2663


Word Summary
katapausis: rest
Original Word: κατάπαυσις
Transliteration: katapausis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap'-ow-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: rest
Meaning: rest
Strong's Concordance
rest.

From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. (by Hebraism) abode -- rest.

see GREEK katapauo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2663: κατάπαυσις

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