Strong G372ἀνάπαυσις
rest
- Transliteration
- anapausis
- Pronunciation
- an-ap'-ow-sis
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G373; intermission; by implication recreation: - rest.
Detailed definition
ἀνά-παυσις, -εως, ή
(ἀνάπαύω) [in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ and its derivatives, שַׁבָּת and its cognates (Ex, Le);]
cessation, rest, refreshment: Mat.11:26 12:43, Luk.11:24, Rev.4:8 14:11.†
SYN.: ἄνεσις (lit, the relaxation of the strings of a lyre), prop. signifies the rest or ease which comes from the relaxation of unfavourable conditions, as, e.g. affliction: ἀνάπ., the rest which comes from the temporary cessation of labour (see Tr., Stn., § xl; Cremer, 827; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)
(ἀνάπαύω) [in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ and its derivatives, שַׁבָּת and its cognates (Ex, Le);]
cessation, rest, refreshment: Mat.11:26 12:43, Luk.11:24, Rev.4:8 14:11.†
SYN.: ἄνεσις (lit, the relaxation of the strings of a lyre), prop. signifies the rest or ease which comes from the relaxation of unfavourable conditions, as, e.g. affliction: ἀνάπ., the rest which comes from the temporary cessation of labour (see Tr., Stn., § xl; Cremer, 827; MM, VGT, see word) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G372 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- rest5
First verses
- Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
- Matthew 12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
- Luke 11:24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
- Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
- Revelation 14:11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνά-παυσις,
poetry ἄμπ-, εως, ἡ, repose, rest, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 12.2, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.52, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.6)]: especially relaxation, recreation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.47.)]
2 with genitive of things, rest from a thing, κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.11; κακῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.61U.; λειτουργίας “PFlor.” 57.56.)]
3 Rhet., cadence of a period, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.1, +others)]
poetry ἄμπ-, εως, ἡ, repose, rest, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Mimnermus Lyricus 12.2, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.52, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 11, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.6)]: especially relaxation, recreation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.47.)]
2 with genitive of things, rest from a thing, κακῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 2.11; κακῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.61U.; λειτουργίας “PFlor.” 57.56.)]
3 Rhet., cadence of a period, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.1, +others)]