2663. katapausis

Strong's Lexicon

katapausis: Rest

Original Word: κατάπαυσις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: katapausis
Pronunciation: kah-tah'-pow-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap'-ow-sis)
Definition: Rest
Meaning: (in the Old Testament of the rest attained by the settlement in Canaan), resting, rest, dwelling, habitation.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb καταπαύω (katapauō), meaning "to cause to cease" or "to rest."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Hebrew 4496: מְנוּחָה (menuchah) – rest, repose

- Strong's Hebrew 5117: נוּחַ (nuach) – to rest, settle down

Usage: The term "katapausis" primarily denotes a state of rest or cessation from labor. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the spiritual rest that believers enter into through faith in Christ. This rest is both a present reality and a future promise, reflecting the peace and fulfillment found in God's presence.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, rest was often associated with relief from physical labor or the cessation of conflict. However, the Jewish understanding of rest, particularly in the context of the Sabbath, carried a deeper spiritual significance. It was a time set apart for worship and reflection on God's provision and faithfulness. The concept of rest in the New Testament builds on this foundation, emphasizing a spiritual rest that comes from trusting in God's completed work through Jesus Christ.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from katapauó
Definition
rest
NASB Translation
repose (1), rest (8).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2663: κατάπαυσις

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 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, 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: 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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

rest.

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

see GREEK katapauo

Forms and Transliterations

καταπαύσει καταπαυσεως καταπαύσεώς καταπαυσιν κατάπαυσιν κατάπαυσίν κατάπαυσίς katapauseos katapauseōs katapaúseṓs katapausin katápausin katápausín

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 7:49 N-GFS
GRK: τόπος τῆς καταπαύσεώς μου
NAS: WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE?
KJV: [is] the place of my rest?
INT: [the] place of the rest of me

Hebrews 3:11 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου
NAS: THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'
KJV: into my rest.)
INT: into the rest of me

Hebrews 3:18 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ εἰ
NAS: that they would not enter His rest, but to those
KJV: his rest, but
INT: into the rest of him if

Hebrews 4:1 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ δοκῇ
NAS: of entering His rest, any one
KJV: into his rest, any of
INT: into the rest of him might seem

Hebrews 4:3 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν οἱ πιστεύσαντες
NAS: enter that rest, just
KJV: do enter into rest, as he said,
INT: into the rest the [ones] having believed

Hebrews 4:3 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου καίτοι
NAS: THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST, although
KJV: into my rest: although the works
INT: into the rest of me though truly

Hebrews 4:5 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου
NAS: [passage], THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.
KJV: into my rest.
INT: into the rest of me

Hebrews 4:10 N-AFS
GRK: εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ
NAS: has entered His rest has himself
KJV: into his rest, he also
INT: into the rest of him also

Hebrews 4:11 N-AFS
GRK: ἐκείνην τὴν κατάπαυσιν ἵνα μὴ
NAS: to enter that rest, so
KJV: into that rest, lest any man
INT: that rest that not

Strong's Greek 2663
9 Occurrences

καταπαύσεώς — 1 Occ.
κατάπαυσίν — 8 Occ.