Anápausis — G372

Definition

feminine noun

intermission; by implication, recreation

1. intermission, cessation, of any motion, business, labor
2. rest, recreation

Usually translated as

rest

Origin

from G373

• anapaúō (G373)

Occurrences

Anápausis occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (1), Revelation (2)

• Matthew 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest (ἀνάπαυσιν) unto your souls.
• Matthew 12:43 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest (ἀνάπαυσιν), and findeth none.
• Luke 11:24 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest (ἀνάπαυσιν); and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
• Revelation 4:8 — And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest (ἀνάπαυσιν) not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
• Revelation 14:11 — And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest (ἀνάπαυσιν) day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.