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rest
Related Ideas:
at ease, dwell, lie down, make a home, make a dwelling for, pause, refresh, relief, restless, stay overnight, wait
Definition:
The term to "rest" literally means to stop working in order to relax or regain strength. The phrase "the rest of" refers to the remainder of something. A "rest" is what someone has when he stops working.
- An object can be said to be "resting" somewhere, which means it is "standing" or "sitting" there.
- A boat that "comes to rest" somewhere has "stopped" or "landed" there.
- When a person or animals rest, they are sitting or lying down in order to refresh themselves.
- God commanded the Israelites to rest on the seventh day of the week. This day of not working was called the "Sabbath" day.
- To rest an object on something means to "place" or "put" it there.
- To "refresh" someone is to give him rest and other things he needs so he can get his strength back.
- To "pause" is to stop doing what one is doing for a while.
Translation Suggestions:
- Depending on the context, to "rest (oneself)" could also be translated as to "stop working" or to "refresh himself" or to "stop carrying burdens."
- To "rest" an object on something could be translated as to "place" or "put" or "set" that object on something.
- When Jesus said, "I will give you rest," this could also be translated as " I will cause you to stop carrying your burden" or "I will help you be at peace" or "I will empower you to relax and trust in me."
- God said, "they will not enter my rest," and this statement could be translated as "they will not experience my blessings of rest" or "they will not experience the joy and peace that comes from trusting in me."
- The term "the rest" could be translated as "those that remain" or "all the other people" or "everything that is left."
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H14, H1824, H1826, H2308, H3427, H3498, H3499, H3885, H4494, H4496, H4771, H5117, H5118, H5162, H5183, H5315, H5564, H6314, H6960, H7258, H7280, H7599, H7604, H7605, H7606, H7611, H7663, H7673, H7677, H7901, H7931, H7951, H7961, H8172, H8252, H8300, G372, G373, G425, G1515, G1879, G1954, G2270, G2663, G2664, G2838, G4520
Forms Found in the English ULB:
at ease, be at ease, be at rest, been at ease, dwell, dwelled, dwelling, dwells, give ... rest, lain down, lay down, lie down, lies down, lying down, make ... home, make a dwelling for, pause, refresh, refreshed, relief, rest, rest secure, rested, rested secure, resting, resting place, restless, rests, stay overnight, stayed overnight, wait