noun · feminine
katapausias
Greekκατάπαυσις (katapausis)
Strong’sG2663
resting, rest
stem katapausi-9 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
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.
Every form
| 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
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
katapausian“rest”objectaccusative singular8×
Hebrews 3:11“rest”hōs omnuama en ta orga mu; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu.So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Hebrews 3:18“rest”tinoi de omnuata mē eisercheri eis tan katapausian autou ei mē toi apeitharatoi?And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
Hebrews 4:1“rest”Fobineia oun mēpote kataleipirōtau epangeliau eiserchara eis tan katapausian autou dokateiō tinos ek vu husterarē;Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
Hebrews 4:3“rest”eiserchenō gar eis katapausian tois pisteuaratois, kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama en ta orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau kosmou ginirateiu,Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:3“rest”eiserchenō gar eis katapausian tois pisteuaratois, kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama en ta orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau kosmou ginirateiu,Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Hebrews 4:5“rest”kai en houto palin; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu.And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
Hebrews 4:10“rest”tos gar eisercharatos eis tan katapausian autou kai autos katapauata apo teiu ergeiu autou hōsper apo teiu idieiu tos theos.For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
Hebrews 4:11“rest”spoudazaneia oun eiserchara eis ekeinan tan katapausian, hina mē en te aute tinos hupodeigme piptateia tau apeitheiau.Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
katapausiau“rest”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 7:49“rest”Tos ouranos mi thronos, tas de gēas hupopodiem toiu podoiu mu; poion oikon oikodomavi mi, legatō kurios, ē tinos topos tau katapausiau mu?‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?