Bible Dictionary: Repose

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Rest after motion or work; relaxation; leisure.

2. (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.

3. (v.) To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust.

4. (v. i.) To lie at rest; to rest.

5. (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.

6. (v. i.) To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.

7. (n.) A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.

8. (v.) Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.

9. (n.) A rest; a pause.

10. (v.) That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.

Greek

2838. koimesis -- a resting
... a resting. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: koimesis Phonetic Spelling:
(koy'-may-sis) Short Definition: repose, taking rest Definition: repose ...
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4520. sabbatismos -- a sabbath rest
... rest. From a derivative of sabbaton; a "sabbatism", ie (figuratively) the repose
of Christianity (as a type of heaven) -- rest. see GREEK sabbaton. ...
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373. anapauo -- to give rest, give intermission from labor, by ...
... From ana and pauo; (reflexively) to repose (literally or figuratively (be exempt),
remain); by implication, to refresh -- take ease, refresh, (give, take) rest ...
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2663. katapausis -- rest
... Word Origin from katapauo Definition rest NASB Word Usage repose (1), rest (8).
rest. From katapauo; reposing down, ie (by Hebraism) abode -- rest. ...
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4521. sabbaton -- the Sabbath, ie the seventh day (of the week)
... Of Hebrew origin (shabbath); the Sabbath (ie Shabbath), or day of weekly repose
from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4774. margeah -- a rest, repose
... 4773, 4774. margeah. 4775 . a rest, repose. Transliteration: margeah
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-gay-aw') Short Definition: repose. ...
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7280b. raga -- to be at rest, repose
... 7280a, 7280b. raga. 7280c . to be at rest, repose. Transliteration: raga
Short Definition: rest. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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1747. dumiyyah -- a silence, a quiet waiting, repose
... 1746, 1747. dumiyyah. 1748 . a silence, a quiet waiting, repose. Transliteration:
dumiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (doo-me-yaw') Short Definition: silence. ...
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7257. rabats -- stretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched out
... A primitive root; to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal);
be implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed -- crouch (down), fall ...
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8252. shaqat -- to be quiet or undisturbed
... A primitive root; to repose (usually figurative) -- appease, idleness, (at, be at,
be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be ...
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4496. menuchah -- resting place, rest
... Or mnuchah {men-oo-khaw'}; feminine of Manowach; repose or (adverbially) peacefully;
figuratively, consolation (specifically, matrimony); hence (concretely) an ...
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7673. shabath -- to cease, desist, rest
... A primitive root; to repose, ie Desist from exertion; used in many implied relations
(causative, figurative or specific) -- (cause to, let, make to) cease ...
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7258. rebets -- (place of) lying down, resting place, dwelling ...
... where each lay, lie down in, resting place. From rabats; a couch or place of repose --
where each lay, lie down in, resting place. see HEBREW rabats. ...
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Library

Repose in God
... Repose in God. Blest! who, far from all mankind ... Softly speak and soon retire;
Favour my divine repose,. Spare the sleep a God bestows. ...
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No Repose for Wesley
... Chapter 19. An Ideal Circuit; Wesley in his Eighties; Wesley Visits Holland; Incidents
in Scotland No Repose for Wesley. ... How gladly could I repose awhile here! ...
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The Repose of Faith.
... DEVOUT EXERCISES. 478. " The Repose of Faith. 478. 7s. M. C. Wesley. The Repose
of Faith. 1 Happy soul, that safe from harm Rests within his Shepherd's arm! ...
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Oh! that I Might Repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou Wouldest Enter into ...
... Book I Chapter V Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest
enter into my heart� Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! ...
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Of the Repose of a Soul Recollected in Her Well-Beloved.
... BOOK VI. OF THE EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE IN PRAYER. CHAPTER VIII. OF THE
REPOSE OF A SOUL RECOLLECTED IN HER WELL-BELOVED. The soul ...
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Of Various Degrees of this Repose, and How it is to be Preserved.
... BOOK VI. OF THE EXERCISES OF HOLY LOVE IN PRAYER. CHAPTER X. OF VARIOUS DEGREES
OF THIS REPOSE, AND HOW IT IS TO BE PRESERVED. There ...
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How this Sacred Repose is Practised.
... CHAPTER IX. HOW THIS SACRED REPOSE IS PRACTISED. ... Has she not reason to be at peace
and to remain in repose? For indeed what should she seek? ...
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Since, Then, as Reason Teaches, we must Repose Faith in Some one ...
... Chapter XI. Since, then, as reason teaches, we must repose faith in some
one of those who� Since, then, as reason teaches, we ...
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The Burial Ground 462. O Thou in whom Thy Saints Repose
... IV. SPECIAL OCCASIONS The Burial Ground 462. O Thou in whom thy saints repose. Six
8's ... John Stainer, 1875. John Ellerton, 1870. O Thou in whom thy saints repose, ...
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Christian, Seek not yet Repose
... THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Ash Wednesday and Lent 128. Christian, seek not yet repose.
7.7.7.3 [490]Vigilate: ... Charlotte Elliott, 1836. "Christian, seek not yet repose,". ...
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Thesaurus

Repose (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often
reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch. ...Repose (8 Occurrences). ...
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Couch (55 Occurrences)
... (Genesis 49:4; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Job 7:13; Psalm 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or
rest. (see BED.). ... 13. (vt) Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. ...
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Rest (831 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To arrest. 2. (n.) A state of quiet or repose; a cessation from motion or
labor; tranquility; as, rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind. ...
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Rouse (25 Occurrences)
... 5. (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly. ... 9. (vi)
To get or start up; to rise. 10. (vi) To awake from sleep or repose. 11. ...
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Reports (21 Occurrences)

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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... They are apotheoses of the Epicurean sage, entirely withdrawn from the world's turmoil,
enjoying a life of calm repose, and satisfied with the bounty that ...
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Quiet (167 Occurrences)
... a quiet movement. 6. (n.) The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose;
as an hour or a time of quiet. 7. (a.) Freedom from ...
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Unrest (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness;
uneasiness; disquietude. Multi-Version Concordance Unrest (3 Occurrences). ...
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Images (158 Occurrences)
... Idolatrous cults repose largely on make-believe." Compare the similar statement
made from a very different standpoint by the author of Great Is Diana of the ...
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Forum (1 Occurrence)
... of the trip, mentioning the importunate inn-keepers and intolerable drinking water
at Appii Forum, the gnats and frogs which were enemies to repose, and the ...
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Bible Concordance

Repose (8 Occurrences)

Luke 12:19 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
(DBY)

John 11:13 but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.
(YLT)

Acts 7:49 'heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord;'or what is the place of my rest?
(See NAS)

2 Corinthians 1:9 Nay, we had, as we still have, the sentence of death within our own selves, in order that our confidence may repose, not on ourselves, but on God who raised the dead to life.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 1:7 and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of his power,
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
(See JPS NIV)

Isaiah 28:12 To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 34:14 And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
(See JPS NIV)

Subtopics

Repose

Related Terms

Couch (55 Occurrences)

Rest (831 Occurrences)

Rouse (25 Occurrences)

Reports (21 Occurrences)

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)

Quiet (167 Occurrences)

Unrest (3 Occurrences)

Images (158 Occurrences)

Forum (1 Occurrence)