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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