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Repose

מַרְגֵּעָהStrong’s H4774

margeah (mar-ge-ah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Margeah is the Hebrew word usually translated “place of rest”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.”
Isaiah 28:12 KJV
Meaning
  1. Rest, repose, place to rest
How it's translated
  • the place of rest 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַרְגֵּעָה margeah · repose

    rest, repose, place to rest

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    REPO'SE, verb transitive

    s as z. [Latin repono, reposui.]

    1. To lay at rest.
    2. To lay; to rest, as the mind, in confidence or trust; as, to repose trust or confidence in a person's veracity.
    3. To lay up; to deposit; to lodge; as pebbles reposed in cliffs.
    4. To place in confidence.
    All definitions and other forms of “repose”

      REPO'SE, verb intransitive

      1. To lie at rest; to sleep.
      2. To rest in confidence.
      3. To lie; to rest; as trap reposing on sand.

      REPO'SE, noun

      1. A lying at rest.
      2. Sleep; rest; quiet.
      3. Rest of mind; tranquility; freedom from uneasiness.
      4. Cause of rest.
      5. In poetry, a rest; a pause.
      6. In painting, harmony of colors, as when nothing glaring appears.

      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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.