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To give rest

ἀναπαύωStrong’s G0373

anapauō

Appears in 12 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anapauō is the Greek word usually translated “rest”, “give rest” and “take your rest”. It appears in 12 verses of the New Testament.

“For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.”
Philemon 1:7 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “rest”, “give rest” and “take your rest”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they will rest 2
  • will give rest 1
  • take your rest 1
  • do rest 1
  • taking your rest 1
  • do rest yourself 1
  • they refreshed 1
  • has been refreshed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Mark 2
  • Philemon 2
  • Revelation 2
  • Luke 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

8 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 12 verses, by book
Matthew 2
11:2826:45
Mark 2
6:3114:41
Luke 1
12:19
1 Corinthians 1
16:18
2 Corinthians 1
7:13
Philemon 2
1:71:20
1 Peter 1
4:14
Revelation 2
6:1114:13
Greek dictionary

ἀναπαύω anapauō · to give rest

ἀνα-παύω, [in LXX for fourteen different words, chiefly נוּחַ, also רָבַץ, שָׁאַן, etc. ;] to give intermission from labour, to give rest, refresh: Mat.11:28, 1Co.16:18, Phm 20; pass., Phm 7, 2Co.7:13. Mid., to take rest, enjoy rest: Mat.26:45, Mrk.6:31 14:41, Luk.12:19, Rev.6:11 14:13; as in Heb. ofIs 11:2 (עַל נוּחַ), τὸ πνεῦμα ἐφ᾽ ὑᾶμς ἀ., 1Pe.4:14. (In π. this word is used as a technical agricultural term; see MM, VGT, see word; and cf. Le 2634 f.; Cremer, 826.)† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REST, noun

[Latin resto, if the latter is a compound of re and sto; but is an original word. See Verb.]

  1. Cessation of motion or action of any kind, and applicable to any body or being; as rest from labor; rest from mental exertion; rest of body or mind.
  2. Quiet; repose; a state free from motion or disturbance; a state of reconciliation to God.“Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest to your souls” Matthew 11:29
  3. Sleep; as, retire to rest
  4. Peace; national quiet.“The land had rest eighty years” Judges 3:11
All definitions and other forms of “rest”
  1. The final sleep, death.
  2. A place of quiet; permanent habitation.“Ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God giveth you” Deuteronomy 12:9
  3. Any place of repose.
  4. That on which any thing leans or lies for support. 1 Kings 6:6
  5. In poetry, a short pause of the voice in reading; a cesura.
  6. In philosophy, the continuance of a body in the same place.
  7. Final hope.
  8. Cessation from tillage. Leviticus 25:4
  9. The gospel church or new covenant state in which the people of God enjoy repose, and Christ shall be glorified.
  10. In music, a pause; an interval during which the voice is intermitted; also, the mark of such intermission.

REST, noun

[Latin resto.]

  1. That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder.
  2. Others; those not included in a proposition or description. [In this sense, rest is a noun, but with a singular termination expressing plurality.]“The election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded” Romans 11:7

REST, verb intransitive

  1. To cease from action or motion of any kind; to stop; a word applicable to any body or being, and to any kind of motion.
  2. To cease from labor, work or performance.“God rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made” Genesis 2:2“So the people rested on the seventh day” Exodus 16:30
  3. To be quiet or still; to be undisturbed.
  4. To cease from war; to be at peace.“And the land rested from war” Joshua 11:23
  5. To be quiet or tranquil, as the mind; not to be agitated by fear, anxiety or other passion.
  6. To lie; to repose; as, to rest on a bed.
  7. To sleep; to slumber.
  8. to sleep the final sleep; to die or be dead.
  9. To lean; to recline for support; as, to rest the arm on a table.
  10. to stand on; to be supported by; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
  11. To be satisfied; to acquiesce; as, to rest on heaven's determination.
  12. To lean; to trust; to rely; as, to rest on a man's promise.
  13. To continue fixed. Isaiah 51:4
  14. To terminate; to come to an end. Ezekiel 16:42
  15. To hang, lie or be fixed.
  16. To abide; to remain with.“They said, the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha” 2 Kings 2:15
  17. To be calm or composed in mind; to enjoy peace of conscience.

REST, verb intransitive

To be left; to remain. obsolete

    REST, verb transitive

    1. To lay at rest; to quiet.
    2. To place, as on a support.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.