noun · feminine
anapausias
Strong’sG372
rest, cessation from labor, refreshment
stem anapausi-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀνά-παυσις, -εως, ή
(ἀνάπαύω), [in LXX chiefly for נוּחַ and its derivatives, שַׁבָּת and its cognates (Ex, Le);]
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 (v. Tr., Syn., § xl; Cremer, 827; MM, VGT, s.v.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G372 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-ap'-ow-sis
intermission; by implication, recreation
Fromfrom G373;
King Jamesrest.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
poetry ἄμπ-, εως, ἡ, repose, rest, Refs 6th c.BC+: especially relaxation, recreation, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with genitive of things, rest from a thing, κακῶνRefs 5th c.BC+
3 Rhet., cadence of a period, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anapausias | anapausiais |
| object accusative | anapausian5×ἀνάπαυσιν | anapausiain |
| direct address vocative | anapausiar | anapausiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | anapausiau | anapausiaiu |
| to, for dative | anapausia | anapausiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anapausia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
anapausian“rest”objectaccusative singular5×
Matthew 11:29… kai tapeinos ta kardia, kai heuriskavi anapausian tai psuchai vu;… in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 12:43… anthrōpou, dierchotō dia anudroiu topoiu zētarōntem anapausian, kai ouk heuriskatō.… it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.
Luke 11:24… anthrōpou, dierchotō dia anudroiu topoiu zētarōntem anapausian, kai mē heuriskarōntem legatō; Hupostrefami eis …… it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then …
Revelation 4:8“rest”… kuklothen kai esōthen gemalō ofthalmoiu; kai anapausian ouk echalō hēmerau kai nuktau legarōntois; …… six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy …
Revelation 14:11… aiōnoin aiōnoiu anabainatō, kai ouk echalō anapausian hēmerau kai nuktau, tois proskunarōntois tem …… Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast …