UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀνάπαυσις; -εως

Related lemmas: παύω

Sense 1: to cease, to stop

Semantic entry: 68.34

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: to cease from an activity in which one is engaged

Notes: It is possible that ἀνάπαυσις in RV REV 4:8 · LV REV 4:8 · Read together REV 4:8 should be interpreted as a period of cessation, but such a meaning would only be derivative of this particular context.

REV 4:8: RV REV 4:8 · LV REV 4:8 · Read together REV 4:8

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OET-RV REV 4:8

8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings with eyes all around and underneath them. Day and night they never stop saying:
⇔ ‘Holy, holy, holy,
⇔ is Yahweh, almighty God,
⇔ who was and is and is to come.’

OET-LV REV 4:8

8 And the four living _creatures, one by one of _them, having each six wings, around and inside they _are _being _full of _eyes, and rest not they _are _having by _day and night saying:
holy, holy, holy, master the god the almighty, who was, and who being, and who coming.

Sense 2: rest, to rest

Semantic entry: 23.80

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Tire, Rest

Definition: to become physically refreshed after ceasing activity or work

Notes: In the use of ἀναπαύομαι[a] and ἀνάπαυσις[b], the focus of meaning seems to be upon the restorative character of rest rather than mere cessation of activity (see 68.34: ἀνάπαυσις / 68.34: παύω).

MAT 11:29: RV MAT 11:29 · LV MAT 11:29 · Read together MAT 11:29

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OET-RV MAT 11:29

29 You can take on my workload and learn from me, because I’m gentle and humble, and your souls will be able to relax,

OET-LV MAT 11:29

29 Take _up the yoke of _me on you _all, and learn from me, because I _am gentle and humble the in _heart:
and you _all _will _be _finding rest for _the souls of _you _all.

Sense 3: a place to rest

Semantic entry: 23.87

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Tire, Rest

Definition: (derivative of ἀναπαύομαι[a] ‘to rest,’ 23.80: ἀνάπαυσις / 23.80: ἀναπαύω) a location for resting

Notes: It is possible, however, to treat ἀνάπαυσις in RV MAT 12:43 · LV MAT 12:43 · Read together MAT 12:43 as not being a place of rest, but simply a state of rest as in ἀνάπαυσις [source selector 000001][b] (23.80: ἀνάπαυσις / 23.80: ἀναπαύω). Compare RV MAT 11:29 · LV MAT 11:29 · Read together MAT 11:29, in which ἀνάπαυσις appears to refer to a state rather than to a location.

MAT 12:43: RV MAT 12:43 · LV MAT 12:43 · Read together MAT 12:43

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OET-RV MAT 12:43

43 “Whenever an evil spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid lands looking for a place to rest, and doesn’t find any.

OET-LV MAT 12:43

43 And whenever the unclean spirit may _come _out from the person, it _is _passing _through through waterless places seeking rest and it _is_ not _finding.

LUK 11:24: RV LUK 11:24 · LV LUK 11:24 · Read together LUK 11:24

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OET-RV LUK 11:24

24 “Whenever an evil spirit leaves a person, it roams through inhospitable places looking for somewhere to rest, and when it doesn’t find a home, it says, ‘Ah, I’ll return to the home that I recently left.’

OET-LV LUK 11:24