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Greek verb · G2664

καταπαύω

katapauokat-ap-ow'-o

trans.; Intrans.

4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: katapaúō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2664is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 2
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2664

to settle down, i.e. (literally) to colonize, or (figuratively) to (cause to) desist

The King James renders it: cease, (give) rest(-rain).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

katapauo is rendered "trans.; Intrans.". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • Three of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 14:18Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
  • The Greek text spells it two different ways.

The first use

Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

Acts 14:18κατέπαυσαν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Three of the word's four uses are in Hebrews.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: trans., and Intrans..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
trans.__(a) to cause to cease, restrainTagged as
  • gave rest1
  • they stopped1
WhereActs 14:18Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Intrans.to restTagged as
  • rested2
WhereHebrews 4:4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

καταργέωkatargeoto abateUses27
καταλείπωkataleipoto leave behindUses23
καταλύωkatalyoto destroy/lodgeUses17
καταγγέλλωkatangelloto proclaimUses17
κατακρίνωkatakrinoto condemnUses15
κατανοέωkatanoeoto observeUses14
καταντάωkatantaoto come toUses13
καταρτίζωkatartizoto completeUses13
καταισχύνωkataischynoto dishonorUses13
καταλαμβάνωkatalambanoto graspUses13
κατακαίωkatakaioto burnUses12
κατάκειμαιkatakeimaito reclineUses12

and 95 more on the stem.

All 4, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

2 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • κατέπαυσεν3
  • κατέπαυσαν1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P

Acts

one use
  • Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

    Acts 14:18

    • κατέπαυσανkatepausanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they stopped

Hebrews

three uses
  • For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

    Hebrews 4:4

    • κατέπαυσενkatepausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: rested
  • For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

    Hebrews 4:8

    • κατέπαυσενkatepausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: gave rest
  • For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

    Hebrews 4:10

    • κατέπαυσενkatepausenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: rested

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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