κατάπαυσις

katapausis · rest, resting place

Greek word · Strong’s number G2663 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

katapausis (κατάπαυσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “rest, resting place”.

How to say it

ka·ta·pau·sis

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Repose; the place of repose.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Acts 7:49

    ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

  • Hebrews 3:11

    So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest.

  • Hebrews 3:18

    And to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, if not to those who disobeyed?

  • Hebrews 4:1

    Let us fear, then, that, while a promise remains of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to have fallen short.

  • Hebrews 4:3

    For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said: So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest; although the works had been finished from the foundation of the world.

  • Hebrews 4:5

    And in this passage again: They will not enter into my rest.

  • Hebrews 4:10

    For the one who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, just as God did from his own.

  • Hebrews 4:11

    Let us make every effort, then, to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall by the same example of disobedience.

And 1 more times.