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Rest

ἄνεσιςStrong’s G0425

anesis

Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anesis is the Greek word usually translated “ease”, “rest” and “repose”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.

“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,”
2 Thessalonians 1:7 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • ease 2
  • rest 2
  • repose 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 3
  • Acts 1
  • 2 Thessalonians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἄνεσις anesis · rest

ἄνεσις, -εως, ἡ (ἀνίημι), [in LXX: 2Es.4.22 (שָׁלוּ), 2Ch.23:15, I Est.4:62, Wis.13:13, Sir.15:20 26:10 * ;] a loosening, relaxation: Act.24:23 (RV, indulgence; cf. MM, VGT, see word); by St. Paul, opposite to θλίψις, expressed or understood, relief: 2Co.2:12 7:5 8:13, 2Th.1:7.† SYN.: ἀνάπαυσις (which see).† (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.