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Nave Topical Bible
• Rest
• Recreation (Rest)
Thompson Chain Reference
• Rest-Unrest
• Rest, Spiritual
• Rest, Future
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• There Remaineth a Rest
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Rest
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Rest
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Rest
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Rest
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Christ: Our Only Rest
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Rest
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Rest (2)
• Rest
King James Dictionary
• Resting
• Rested
• Rest
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Rest
• Rest, Liberty
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Rest
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Rest
• Rest, Remain
Wilson's Bible Types
• Rest (and Forms)
Webster Dictionary
• Tool-Rest
• Resting
• Restful
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Rest
Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
• Day of Rest
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Esther, the Rest of
• Rest
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Rest, or Repose
Lexicons
• ܓܢ
• ܢܽܘܚ
• ܢܰܘܚܳܐ
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Berry's NT Synonyms
• Rest
• ἀνάπαυσις
• ἀναπαύω
• ἄνεσις
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• אָבָה
• אַחֲרִית
• דוּמִּיָּה
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Rest

Hebrews 4:9, "there remaineth a keeping of sabbath (sabbatismos ) to the people of God." God's rest ("My rest" Hebrews 4:3) was a sabbatism, so will ours be; a home for the exile, a mansion for the pilgrim, a sabbath for the workman weary of the world's weekday toil. In time there are many sabbaths, then there shall be one perfect and eternal. The "rest" in Hebrews 4:8 is katapausis; Hebrew noach , "rest from weariness": as the ark rested on Ararat after its tossings; as Israel, under Joshua, rested from war in Canaan.

Αnesis (2 Thessalonians 1:7), "relaxation from afflictions". Αnapausis , "rest," given by Jesus now (Matthew 11:28); but the "rest" in Hebrews 4:9 is the nobler "sabbath rest"; katapausis , literally, "cessation from work finished" (Hebrews 4:4) as God rested from His (Revelation 14:13; Revelation 16:17). The two ideas combined give the perfect view of the heavenly sabbath: rest from weariness, sorrow, and sin; and rest in the completion of God's new creation (Revelation 21:5). The renovated creation shall share in it. Nothing will there be to break the sabbath of eternity. The Triune God shall rejoice in the work of His hands (Zephaniah 3:17). The Jews call the future rest "the day which is all sabbath."