STRONGS G2664:
καταπαύω: 1 aorist
κατεπαυσα; (
κατά, like the German
nieder down);
1. transitive, (the
Sept. for
הֵנִיחַ,
הִשְׁבִּית)
to make quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest; i. e.
a. to lead to a quiet abode:
τινα,
Hebrews 4:8 (
Exodus 33:14;
Deuteronomy 3:20;
Deuteronomy 5:33;
Deuteronomy 12:10;
Joshua 1:13,
15;
2 Chronicles 14:7;
2 Chronicles 32:22; Sir. 24:11).
b. to still, restrain, to cause (one striving to do something) to desist: followed by
τοῦ μή and an infinitive,
Acts 14:18 (cf.
Buttmann, § 140, 16
β.;
Winer's Grammar, 325 (305)).
2. intransitive,
to rest, take rest (Hebrew
נוּחַ,
שָׁבַת):
ἀπό τίνος,
Hebrews 4:4,
10,(
Genesis 2:2). In the same and other senses in Greek writings from
Homer down.
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