Rest

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: rest, rested, resting, rests. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “rest” or one of its forms.

• יֶתֶר yether64
• נוּחַ nûach53
• שָׁכַב shâkab46
• כֹּל kôl17
• מְנוּחָה menûchâh17
• λοιποί loipoí16
• יָתַר yâthar12
• שְׁאָר sheâr11
• שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthôn10
• שָׁבַת shâbath9
• שָׁקַט shâqaṭ8
• שְׁאֵרִית sheêrîth8

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• יֶתֶר yetherremainder, excellence, excesstranslated this way 64 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H3499Noun  ·  Translated: rest 64, remnant 6, bowstrings 3, left 3

  Deuteronomy 3:13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)

  Joshua 13:27 and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).

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• נוּחַ nûachresttranslated this way 53 times of its 140 uses · Strong’s H5117Verb  ·  Translated: rest 20, leave 10, placed 9, set 7

  Genesis 8:4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

  Exodus 20:11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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• שָׁכַב shâkablie downtranslated this way 46 times of its 207 uses · Strong’s H7901Verb  ·  Translated: lie 46, rested 35, lies 25, lay 21

  Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

  Deuteronomy 31:16 And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 17 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196

  Exodus 29:12 Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

  Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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• מְנוּחָה menûchâhresting-place, resttranslated this way 17 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s H4496Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 7, rest 5, place of rest 3

  Genesis 49:15 He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

  Numbers 10:33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

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• יָתַר yâtharremain overtranslated this way 12 times of its 106 uses · Strong’s H3498Verb  ·  Translated: left 24, rest 12, remaining 11, remainder 8

  Genesis 30:36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.

  Leviticus 14:18 The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

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• שְׁאָר sheârremain, be left overtranslated this way 11 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H7605Noun  ·  Translated: rest 11, remnant 10, remaining 2, other 1

  1 Chronicles 11:8 He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.

  2 Chronicles 9:29 As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

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• שַׁבָּתוֹן shabbâthônsabbath observance, sabbatismtranslated this way 10 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s H7677Noun  ·  Translated: complete rest 8, day of complete rest 1, day of rest 1, and 1

  Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

  Leviticus 16:31 It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

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• שָׁבַת shâbathcease, desist, resttranslated this way 9 times of its 71 uses · Strong’s H7673Verb  ·  Translated: put an end 13, cease 5, rest 5, rested 4

  Genesis 2:2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.

  Exodus 16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

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• שָׁקַט shâqaṭbe quiet, undisturbedtranslated this way 8 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s H8252Verb  ·  Translated: quiet 10, rest 8, peace 6, still 3

  Joshua 11:23 So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

  Judges 3:11 So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.

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• שְׁאֵרִית sheêrîthrest, residue, remnant, remaindertranslated this way 8 times of its 66 uses · Strong’s H7611Noun  ·  Translated: remnant 54, rest 8, survivors 2, posterity 1

  1 Chronicles 12:38 All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

  Nehemiah 7:72 The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.

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• שְׁאָר sheârrest, remaindertranslated this way 7 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H7606Noun  ·  Translated: rest 7, elsewhere 2, whatever was left 2, anything else 1

  Ezra 4:9 From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates— the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,

  Daniel 2:18 urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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• עַל alheighttranslated this way 6 times of its 4,859 uses · Strong’s H5921Preposition  ·  Translated: on 777, over 297, in 218, against 216Full study and all 3,996 verses →
• מָנוֹחַ mânôachresting-place, state, or condition of resttranslated this way 5 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H4494Noun  ·  Translated: place to rest 2, resting place 2, may 1, rested 1

  Genesis 8:9 But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

  Deuteronomy 28:65 Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 4 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151

  Genesis 49:26 The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

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• אַתָּה attâhthoutranslated this way 4 times of its 1,026 uses · Strong’s H859Pronoun  ·  Translated: you 592, but you 62, and you 48, are you 47

  Genesis 42:16 Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”

  Genesis 42:19 If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

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• יָשַׁב yâshabsit, remain, dwelltranslated this way 3 times of its 1,049 uses · Strong’s H3427Verb  ·  Translated: lived 103, dwell 89, live 84, sit 70

  Ruth 2:7 She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

  Ezra 8:32 So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.

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• דָּם dâmbloodtranslated this way 3 times of its 347 uses · Strong’s H1818Noun  ·  Translated: blood 267, bloodshed 35, bloodguilt 5, blood still 4

  Leviticus 4:25 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

  Leviticus 8:15 Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

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• שָׁאַר shâarremain, be left overtranslated this way 3 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H7604Verb  ·  Translated: left 24, remained 19, remain 15, survive 8

  Leviticus 5:9 then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.

  Deuteronomy 19:20 Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

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• שָׁכַן shâkansettle down, abide, dwelltranslated this way 3 times of its 129 uses · Strong’s H7931Verb  ·  Translated: dwell 45, dwelling 9, settle 8, settled 7

  Deuteronomy 33:12 Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”

  Psalm 55:6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

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• לוּן lûnlodge, pass the nighttranslated this way 3 times of its 80 uses · Strong’s H3885Verb  ·  Translated: spend the night 17, spent the night 7, grumbled 7, remain 6

  Job 29:19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

  Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

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• דָּמַם dâmambe or grow dumb, silent, stilltranslated this way 3 times of its 30 uses · Strong’s H1826Verb  ·  Translated: still 4, silenced 4, rest 3, perish 2

  Job 30:27 I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.

  Psalm 62:5 Rest in God alone, O my soul, for my hope comes from Him.

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• רָבַץ râbatsstretch oneself out, lie down, lie stretched outtranslated this way 3 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s H7257Verb  ·  Translated: lie 13, lay 3, lies 2, rest 2

  Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

  Isaiah 13:20 She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.

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• רֵבֶץ rêbets(place of) lying down, resting- or dwelling-placetranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H7258Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 3, once lay 1

  Proverbs 24:15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

  Isaiah 65:10 Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

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• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 2 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201Full study and all 2,217 verses →
• חָדַל châdalceasetranslated this way 2 times of its 57 uses · Strong’s H2308Verb  ·  Translated: stopped 9, stop 6, refrain 5, cease 4

  Judges 15:7 And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”

  Job 14:6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

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• דּוּמִיָּה dûmîâhsilence, still waiting, reposetranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H1747Noun  ·  Translated: rest 1, still 1, finds rest 1, awaits 1

  Psalm 22:2 I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

  Psalm 62:1 For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. In God alone my soul finds rest; my salvation comes from Him.

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• אַחֲרִית achărîthafter-part, endtranslated this way 2 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H319Noun  ·  Translated: end 21, future 6, latter 5, come 4

  Proverbs 19:20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

  Amos 9:1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

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• נַחַת Nachathquietness, resttranslated this way 2 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s H5183Noun  ·  Translated: resolution 1, tranquility 1, more rest 1, calm 1

  Ecclesiastes 6:5 The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

  Isaiah 30:15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence — but you were not willing.”

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• דְּמִי demîcessation, pause, quiet, resttranslated this way 2 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s H1824Noun  ·  Translated: rest 2, silent 1, prime 1

  Isaiah 62:6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

  Isaiah 62:7 nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

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• רָגַע râgadisturbtranslated this way 2 times of its 13 uses · Strong’s H7280Verb  ·  Translated: stirs 2, instant 2

  Jeremiah 31:2 This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”

  Jeremiah 50:34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.

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• מַרְבֵּץ marbêtsid.translated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H4769Noun  ·  Translated: resting place 2

  Ezekiel 25:5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

  Zephaniah 2:15 This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.

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Greek words (New Testament)

• λοιποί loipoíleft, left behind, the remaindertranslated this way 16 times of its 40 uses · Strong’s G3062Adjective  ·  Translated: rest 16, others 8, other 7, else 4

  Matthew 22:6 The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

  Mark 16:13 And they went back and reported it to the rest, but they did not believe them either.

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• κατάπαυσις katápausisresting, resttranslated this way 8 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G2663Noun  ·  Translated: rest 8, repose 1

  Hebrews 3:11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

  Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?

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• ἀναπαύω anapaúōI make to rest, give rest to, rest, take my easetranslated this way 7 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s G373Verb  ·  Translated: rest 3, refreshed 3, resting 2

  Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

  Mark 6:31 And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

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• ἀνάπαυσις anápausisrest, cessation from labor, refreshmenttranslated this way 4 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G372Noun  ·  Translated: rest 4, stop 1

  Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  Luke 11:24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

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• καταπαύω katapaúōI rest, cause to resttranslated this way 3 times of its 4 uses · Strong’s G2664Verb  ·  Translated: hardly stop 1, rested 1, given them rest 1, rests 1

  Hebrews 4:4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

  Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

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• ἔρχομαι érchomaiI come, gotranslated this way 2 times of its 619 uses · Strong’s G2064Verb  ·  Translated: come 193, came 128, coming 65, comes 53

  Matthew 3:16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

  Matthew 10:13 If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it, but if it is not, let your peace return to you.

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• μένω ménōI remain, abidetranslated this way 2 times of its 115 uses · Strong’s G3306Verb  ·  Translated: remain 29, remains 20, stay 13, stayed 10

  John 1:32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

  John 1:33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.