Encyclopedia entry
Rest
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The source enumerates 4 distinct subjects under Rest. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Rest (1)
#Gr. katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word noah (Heb. 4:1).
Rest (2)
#Gr. anapausis, “rest from weariness” (Matt. 11:28).
Rest (3)
#Gr. anesis, “relaxation” (2 Thess. 1:7).
Rest (4)
#Gr. sabbatismos, a Sabbath rest, a rest from all work (Heb. 4:9; R.V., “sabbath”), a rest like that of God when he had finished the work of creation.
In the Bible
379
Verses where Rest is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 4:43
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 6:31
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
- 1 Chronicles 6:61
To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 6:70
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 6:77
The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 11:8
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
+373 more verses naming Rest.
Scripture on Rest
267
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- Leviticus 23Joshua 211 Kings 161 Chronicles 6Job 3Genesis 44Numbers 312 Samuel 71 Kings 152 Kings 142 Kings 252 Chronicles 14Esther 9Psalms 62Isaiah 62Jeremiah 52Ezekiel 36Matthew 11Acts 2Genesis 8Genesis 30Genesis 42Genesis 49Exodus 23Leviticus 25Leviticus 26Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 12Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 33Joshua 1Joshua 17Joshua 23Judges 3Judges 7Ruth 31 Kings 141 Kings 201 Kings 222 Kings 132 Kings 212 Kings 231 Chronicles 222 Chronicles 202 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 36Nehemiah 4Nehemiah 6Nehemiah 7Nehemiah 11Job 30Psalms 132Proverbs 6Proverbs 19Proverbs 29Isaiah 11Isaiah 14Isaiah 44Isaiah 57Jeremiah 39Jeremiah 472 Thessalonians 1Hebrews 3Revelation 14Genesis 14Genesis 18Exodus 4Exodus 5Exodus 16Exodus 28Exodus 29Exodus 31Exodus 33Exodus 34Exodus 35Leviticus 5Leviticus 8Leviticus 9Leviticus 16Numbers 8Numbers 10Numbers 18Deuteronomy 5Deuteronomy 16Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 25Deuteronomy 31Joshua 3Joshua 10Joshua 11Joshua 13Joshua 14Joshua 22Judges 5Judges 8Judges 15Ruth 11 Samuel 131 Samuel 151 Samuel 222 Samuel 32 Samuel 102 Samuel 122 Samuel 132 Samuel 142 Samuel 211 Kings 51 Kings 81 Kings 111 Kings 122 Kings 12 Kings 22 Kings 42 Kings 82 Kings 102 Kings 122 Kings 162 Kings 202 Kings 241 Chronicles 41 Chronicles 111 Chronicles 121 Chronicles 131 Chronicles 161 Chronicles 191 Chronicles 231 Chronicles 241 Chronicles 282 Chronicles 92 Chronicles 132 Chronicles 152 Chronicles 242 Chronicles 252 Chronicles 262 Chronicles 272 Chronicles 282 Chronicles 332 Chronicles 35Ezra 2Ezra 3Ezra 6Ezra 7Nehemiah 2Nehemiah 9Nehemiah 10Job 11Job 14Job 16Job 17Job 29Psalms 16Psalms 17Psalms 22Psalms 33Psalms 37Psalms 38Psalms 55Psalms 90Psalms 94Psalms 95Psalms 116Psalms 125Proverbs 3Proverbs 21Proverbs 24Proverbs 26Ecclesiastes 2Ecclesiastes 6Ecclesiastes 10Ecclesiastes 11Song of Solomon 1Isaiah 7Isaiah 10Isaiah 13Isaiah 18Isaiah 23Isaiah 25Isaiah 28Isaiah 30Isaiah 32Isaiah 34Isaiah 51Isaiah 63Isaiah 66Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 15Jeremiah 27Jeremiah 30Jeremiah 31Jeremiah 33Jeremiah 45Jeremiah 46Jeremiah 50Lamentations 1Lamentations 2Lamentations 5Ezekiel 5Ezekiel 16Ezekiel 21Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 32Ezekiel 34Ezekiel 38Ezekiel 44Ezekiel 45Ezekiel 48Daniel 2Daniel 4Daniel 7Daniel 12Amos 9Micah 2Micah 5Habakkuk 2Habakkuk 3Zephaniah 3Zechariah 1Zechariah 6Zechariah 9Zechariah 11Zechariah 14Matthew 10Matthew 12Matthew 22Matthew 26Matthew 27Mark 6Mark 14Mark 16Luke 10Luke 11Luke 12Luke 24John 1John 11Acts 5Acts 7Acts 9Acts 16Acts 27Acts 28Romans 4Romans 111 Corinthians 21 Corinthians 71 Corinthians 112 Corinthians 22 Corinthians 72 Corinthians 12Ephesians 2Philippians 41 Thessalonians 41 Peter 42 Peter 3Revelation 2Revelation 4Revelation 6Revelation 9Revelation 11Revelation 12Revelation 19Revelation 20
Entries that reference Rest
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Voices on Rest
24
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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