καταπαύω
to rest
‘to rest’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 3 times (75%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 1 time (25%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 4 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G2664 appears — 4 distinct verses across 2 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Acts 1 verse
Hebrews 3 verses
- Hebrews 4:4 κατέπαυσεν aor act ind 3sg For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"
- Hebrews 4:8 κατέπαυσεν aor act ind 3sg For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
- Hebrews 4:10 κατέπαυσεν aor act ind 3sg For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
καταπαυω (katapaúō) is a Greek verb most often rendered “to rest.” The Greek New Testament uses it only 4 verses. It clusters heavily in Hebrews, which alone accounts for 75% of its uses. Scripture first uses it in Acts 14:18. Ranging over 2 senses, it is not a single-sense word. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2664 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 4
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 4 distinct verses.
- 2 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 2 of 27 New Testament books.
- #1,877
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 1,877 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 4 occurrences in the concordance →
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 4 distinct verses.
- Hebrews 3 verses · 75%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 1 verse · 25%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Did rest 1×, Had given 1×, Hath ceased 1×
- American Standard Version: Rested 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Could hardly stop 1×, Had given them rest 1×, Rested 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Rested 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2664 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2664 across 5 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2664 across 4 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2664 across 7 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 2 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to make quiet, to cause to be at rest, to grant rest
- to rest, take rest
Word origin
Derived from κατα (katá) (G2596) — down.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G2664 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατέπαυσεν katépausen | Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Hebrews 4:4 | 3 |
| κατέπαυσαν katépausan | Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural | Acts 14:18 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2664, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- καθα kathá G2505 according as
- καθαιρεω kathairéō G2507 to tear down
- καθαπτω katháptō G2510 to fasten down
- καθεδρα kathédra G2515 seat
- καθεζομαι kathézomai G2516 to sit down
- καθεξης kathexēs G2517 in order
- καθευδω katheúdō G2518 to fall asleep
- καθηγητης kathēgētḗs G2519 guide
- καθηκω kathḗkō G2520 to come down
- καθημαι káthēmai G2521 to sit down
- καθημερινος kathēmerinós G2522 daily
- καθιημι kathíēmi G2524 to send down
- καθιστημι kathístēmi G2525 to place
- καθο kathó G2526 according to what
- καθολου kathólou G2527 wholly
- καθοπλιζω kathoplízō G2528 to arm
- καθοραω kathoráō G2529 to see clearly
- καθοτι kathóti G2530 according to what
- καθως kathṓs G2531 according as
- καμμυω kammýō G2576 to close eyes
- καταβαινω katabaínō G2597 to descend
- καταβαλλω katabállō G2598 to cast down
- καταβαρεω katabaréō G2599 to weigh down
- καταβιβαζω katabibázō G2601 to bring down
+103 more words share this root (not shown).
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 130 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word καταπαυω appears 53 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 51 verses in 18 books.
- 53
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 51
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:2 καταπαύω
- Exodus 5:5 καταπαύω
- Numbers 25:11 καταπαύω
- Deuteronomy 3:20 καταπαύω
- Joshua 1:13 καταπαύω
- Ruth 2:7 καταπαύω
- 2 Samuel 21:10 καταπαύω
- 1 Kings 12:24 καταπαύω
- 2 Kings 23:5 καταπαύω
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 καταπαύω
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 καταπαύω
- Ezra 14:5 καταπαύω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2664) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 51. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:2 καταπαύω On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Genesis 2:3 καταπαύω God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
- Genesis 8:22 καταπαύω While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
- Genesis 49:33 καταπαύω When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.
- Exodus 5:5 καταπαύω Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."
- Exodus 10:14 καταπαύω The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
- Exodus 16:13 καταπαύω It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
- Exodus 20:11 καταπαύω for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
- Exodus 31:17 καταπαύω It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.'"
- Exodus 31:18 καταπαύω He gave to Moses, when he finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets, written with God's finger.
- Exodus 33:14 καταπαύω He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
- Exodus 34:21 καταπαύω Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
- Exodus 34:33 καταπαύω When Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.
- Numbers 25:11 καταπαύω Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
- Deuteronomy 3:20 καταπαύω until Yahweh give rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan: then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you.
- Deuteronomy 5:33 καταπαύω You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
- Deuteronomy 12:10 καταπαύω But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety;
- Deuteronomy 25:19 καταπαύω Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget.
- Deuteronomy 33:12 καταπαύω Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him; He covers him all the day long, He dwells between his shoulders.
- Joshua 1:13 καταπαύω Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.
- Joshua 1:15 καταπαύω until Yahweh have given your brothers rest, as [he has given] you, and they also have possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.
- Joshua 3:13 καταπαύω It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.
- Joshua 10:20 καταπαύω It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
- Joshua 11:23 καταπαύω So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
- Joshua 21:44 καταπαύω Yahweh gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Joshua 22:4 καταπαύω Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them: therefore now turn you, and get you to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
- Joshua 23:1 καταπαύω It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
- Ruth 2:7 καταπαύω She said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
- 2 Samuel 21:10 καταπαύω Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
- 1 Kings 12:24 καταπαύω Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:5 καταπαύω He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the sky.
- 2 Kings 23:11 καταπαύω He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
- 1 Chronicles 23:25 καταπαύω For David said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever:
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 καταπαύω Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun-images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6 καταπαύω He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 15:15 καταπαύω All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 16:5 καταπαύω It happened, when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.
- 2 Chronicles 20:30 καταπαύω So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 καταπαύω Thus Yahweh saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all [others], and guided them on every side.
- Ezra 14:5 καταπαύω
- Ezra 16:3 καταπαύω
- Job 21:34 καταπαύω So how can you comfort me with nonsense, Seeing that in your answers there remains only falsehood?"
- Job 26:12 καταπαύω He stirs up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
- Psalms 54:7 καταπαύω For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
- Psalms 84:4 καταπαύω Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4 καταπαύω If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don't leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
- Lamentations 3:11 καταπαύω He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
- Lamentations 5:14 καταπαύω The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
- Ezekiel 1:24 καταπαύω When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
- Hosea 1:4 καταπαύω Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2664) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
