ἀνα-παύω, [in LXX for fourteen different words, chiefly נוּחַ, also רָבַץ, שָׁאַן, etc;]
to give intermission from labour, to give rest, refresh: Mat.11:28, 1Co.16:18, Phm 20; pass, Phm 7, 2Co.7:13. Mid,
to take rest, enjoy rest: Mat.26:45, Mrk.6:31 14:41, Luk.12:19, Rev.6:11 14:13; as in
Heb. ofIs 11:2 (עַל נוּחַ), τὸ πνεῦμα ἐφ᾽ ὑᾶμς ἀ, 1Pe.4:14. (In π. this word is used as a technical agricultural term; see MM,
VGT, see word; and cf. Le 2634 f; Cremer, 826.) (
AS)