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Strong’s G2664 · Greek

καταπαύω

katapaúō · kat-ap-ow'-o

Origin from κατά (G2596) and παύω (G3973);

Meaning to settle down, i.e. (literally) to colonize, or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist

In the King James Version cease, (give) rest(-rain).

In 4 verses of the King James Version

  1. Acts 14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
  2. Hebrews 4:4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
  3. Hebrews 4:8For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
  4. Hebrews 4:10For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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