To rest
שָׁאַןStrong’s H7599shaan (sha-an)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaan is the Hebrew word usually translated “at ease”, “are at ease” and “it has been at ease”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.”
Meaning
- (Pilel) to be at ease, be at peace, rest, rest securely, be quiet
How it's translated
- and he will be at ease 3
- they are at ease 1
- it has been at ease 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 3
- Job 1
- Proverbs 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 1:33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
- Jeremiah 30:10Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 46:27But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁאַן shaan · to rest
(Pilel) to be at ease, be at peace, rest, rest securely, be quiet
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.]
- 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.
- 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
- Sleep; as, retire to rest
- Peace; national quiet.“The land had rest eighty years” Judges 3:11
All definitions and other forms of “rest”
- The final sleep, death.
- 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
- Any place of repose.
- That on which any thing leans or lies for support. 1 Kings 6:6
- In poetry, a short pause of the voice in reading; a cesura.
- In philosophy, the continuance of a body in the same place.
- Final hope.
- Cessation from tillage. Leviticus 25:4
- The gospel church or new covenant state in which the people of God enjoy repose, and Christ shall be glorified.
- In music, a pause; an interval during which the voice is intermitted; also, the mark of such intermission.
REST, noun
[Latin resto.]
- That which is left, or which remains after the separation of a part, either in fact or in contemplation; remainder.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- To be quiet or still; to be undisturbed.
- To cease from war; to be at peace.“And the land rested from war” Joshua 11:23
- To be quiet or tranquil, as the mind; not to be agitated by fear, anxiety or other passion.
- To lie; to repose; as, to rest on a bed.
- To sleep; to slumber.
- to sleep the final sleep; to die or be dead.
- To lean; to recline for support; as, to rest the arm on a table.
- to stand on; to be supported by; as, a column rests on its pedestal.
- To be satisfied; to acquiesce; as, to rest on heaven's determination.
- To lean; to trust; to rely; as, to rest on a man's promise.
- To continue fixed. Isaiah 51:4
- To terminate; to come to an end. Ezekiel 16:42
- To hang, lie or be fixed.
- To abide; to remain with.“They said, the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha” 2 Kings 2:15
- To be calm or composed in mind; to enjoy peace of conscience.
REST, verb intransitive
To be left; to remain. obsolete
REST, verb transitive
- To lay at rest; to quiet.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.