Rest

Rest -

(1.) Greek: katapausis, equivalent to the Hebrew word noah (Heb. 4:1).

(2.) Greek: anapausis, "rest from weariness" (Matt. 11:28).

(3.) Greek: anesis, "relaxation" (2 Thess. 1:7).

(4.) Greek: 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.

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