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Strong's #2664: katapauo (pronounced kat-ap-ow'-o)

from 2596 and 3973; to settle down, i.e. (literally) to colonize, or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist:--cease, (give) rest(-rain).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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katapauō

1) to make quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest

1a) to lead to a quiet abode

1b) to still, restrain, to cause (one striving to do something) to desist

2) to rest, take rest

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G2596 and G3973

Citing in TDNT: 3:627, 419




Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

Acts 14:18: "with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice"
Hebrews 4:4: "day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from"
Hebrews 4:8: "For if Joshua had given them rest, then would he not afterward"
Hebrews 4:10: "rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as"









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