noun · feminine
katapausias
Strong’sG2663
resting, rest
stem katapausi-9 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
κατά-παυσις, -εως, ἡ
(< καταπαύω), [in LXX chiefly for מְנוּחָה, Ps 94 (95):11, Is 66:1, al.; ἡμέρα τῆς κ., II Mac 15:1;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2663 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-ap'-ow-sis
reposing down, i.e. (by Hebraism) abode
Fromfrom G2664;
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
stopping: metaphorically, putting down, deposing, Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς βασιληΐης deposition from.., Refs 2nd c.AD+.
II rest, calm, LXX, +others; place of rest, LXX+4-3rd c.BC+: metaphorically, allaying, Refs 1st c.BC+ K.
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 | katapausias | katapausiais |
| object accusative | katapausian8×κατάπαυσιν | katapausiain |
| direct address vocative | katapausiar | katapausiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katapausiau1×καταπαύσεώς | katapausiaiu |
| to, for dative | katapausia | katapausiai |
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
katapausia 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.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
katapausian“rest”objectaccusative singular8×
Hebrews 3:11… orga mu; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu.… anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Hebrews 3:18… de omnuata mē eisercheri eis tan katapausian autou ei mē toi apeitharantoi?… that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who …
Hebrews 4:1… mēpote kataleiporōntau epangeliau eiserchara eis tan katapausian autou dokateiō tinos ek vu husterarē;… while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful …
Hebrews 4:3eiserchonō gar eis katapausian tois pisteuarantois, kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama …… we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is …
Hebrews 4:3… orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau …… anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been …
Hebrews 4:5… houto palin; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu.… above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
Hebrews 4:10tos gar eisercharantos eis tan katapausian autou kai autos katapauata apo teiu …For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work …
Hebrews 4:11spoudazaneia oun eiserchara eis ekeinan tan katapausian, hina mē en te aute tinos …… make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall …
katapausiau“rest”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 7:49“rest”… legatō kurios, ē tinos topos tau katapausiau mu?… My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose …