Lexicon anapausis: cessation, rest Original Word: ἀνάπαυσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anapausis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ap'-ow-sis) Short Definition: rest, cessation from labor, refreshment Definition: rest, cessation from labor, refreshment. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 372 anápausis – inner rest (tranquility). See 373 (anapauō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anapauóDefinitioncessation, rest NASB Translationcease (1), rest (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 372: ἀνάπαυσιςἀνάπαυσις, ἀναπαύσεως, ἡ ( ἀναπαύω) (from Mimnermus, Pindar down); 1. intermission, cessation, of any motion, business, labor: ἀνάπαυσιν οὐκ ἔχουσι λέγοντες (Rec. λέγοντα) equivalent to οὐκ ἀναπαυονται λέγοντες they incessantly say, Revelation 4:8. 2. rest, recreation: Matthew 12:43; Luke 11:24; Revelation 14:11 (and often in Greek writings); blessed tranquillity of soul Matthew 11:29 (Sir. 6:(), ; ; Wis. 4:7). (The word denotes a temporary rest, a respite, e. g. of soldiers; cf. Schmidt, chapter 25; Lightfoot on Philemon 1:7; Trench, § xli.)
Strong's rest. From anapano; intermission; by implication, recreation -- rest. see GREEK anapano |
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