Words the Bible translates as rest
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 24 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- eirēnēεἰρήνηpeace: a whole, rightly-ordered, flourishing life, above all the mended relationship with God
- nu'aḥנוּחַto come to rest: to settle down, alight, and be at quiet after motion or trouble
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- to give rest: to grant relief and security, almost always God settling his people safe from their enemies
- to set down: to lay, deposit, or place a thing somewhere, and by extension to leave it, leave it alone, or let it be
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
- shabbatשַׁבָּתSabbath: a God-appointed time of complete stopping, set apart as holy
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
- anapauōἀναπαύωto give rest or to take rest: to relieve someone from toil and refresh them, or to pause and be refreshed oneself
- shavatשָׁבַתto stop: to leave off an activity, or to come to an end
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- to put a stop to: to remove, abolish, or do away with something
- anapausisἀνάπαυσιςrestnot studied yet
- shaqatשָׁקַטto be quiet and undisturbed: to settle into calm and stay free of turmoil
- ravatsרָבַץto lie down: to settle the body low against the ground, the way an animal drops to rest or a predator couches over its lair
- she'arשְׁאָרwhat is left of a larger whole: the rest, the remainder, or the surviving remnant
- katapausisκατάπαυσιςrest: work brought to a full stop and the settled state, or the place, that follows
- menuḥahמְנוּחָהrest as a place reached: the settled safety and permanence at the end of a search, from a physical resting place to God's own dwelling
- sha'anשָׁעַןto lean on a support, and so to rely on someone or something for security
- ragaרָגַעto bring to a settled stop: to grant rest and relief, or to come to rest oneself
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- to stir water up: to set the sea heaving so that its waves roar
- in an instant: to happen in a flash, or to last no longer than a moment
- of diseased skin: to close over and harden into a crust
- epanapauōἐπαναπαύωto rest/rely onnot studied yet
- she'arשְׁאָרthe rest: whatever is left of a group or a supply once part of it has been named or taken
- anesisἄνεσιςrestnot studied yet
- shabbatonשַׁבָּתוֹןcomplete rest: the state of total stopping that marks a day, or a whole year, as a solemn time when work is laid down
- naḥatנַחַתquiet: the settled calm that is left when strain, noise, and hurry stop
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- a coming down: the downward stroke of something brought down, or what is set down in place
- sha'anשָׁאַןto restnot studied yet
- revetsרֵבֶץrestnot studied yet
- nu'aḥנוּחַrestnot studied yet
- margo'aמַרְגּוֹעַrestnot studied yet
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