KJV dictionary & concordance

rest

Meaning of “rest”

Sense 1: To cease from labour or motion, lie still, settle, remain, or rely; also repose, peace, security, or an abiding place. Sense 2: The remaining persons or things after a part is distinguished.

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275 occurrences265 verses43 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:9

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Esther 9:12

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¶ And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

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1611 witness · Esther 9:12 · retained source text

¶ And the king said vnto Esther the Queene; The Iewes haue slaine and destroied fiue hundred men in Shushan the palace, & the ten sonnes of Haman; what haue they done in the rest of the kings prouinces? now what is thy petition? and it shalbe granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Esther 9:16

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But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Esther 9:16 · retained source text

But the other Iewes that were in the kings prouinces, gathered themselues together, & stood for their liues, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seuenty and fiue thousand, but they laid not their handes on the pray.

Complete reference index — all 265 verses

Genesis 8:9 Genesis 18:4 Genesis 30:36 Genesis 49:15 Exodus 5:5 Exodus 16:23 Exodus 23:11 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 28:10 Exodus 31:15 Exodus 33:14 Exodus 34:21 Exodus 35:2 Leviticus 5:9 Leviticus 14:17 Leviticus 14:29 Leviticus 16:31 Leviticus 23:3 Leviticus 23:32 Leviticus 25:4 Leviticus 25:5 Leviticus 26:34 Leviticus 26:35 Numbers 31:8 Numbers 31:32 Deuteronomy 3:13 Deuteronomy 3:20 Deuteronomy 5:14 Deuteronomy 12:9 Deuteronomy 12:10 Deuteronomy 25:19 Deuteronomy 28:65 Joshua 1:13 Joshua 1:15 Joshua 3:13 Joshua 10:20 Joshua 13:27 Joshua 14:15 Joshua 17:2 Joshua 17:6 Joshua 21:5 Joshua 21:34 Joshua 21:44 Joshua 22:4 Joshua 23:1 Judges 3:11 Judges 3:30 Judges 5:31 Judges 7:6 Judges 7:8 Ruth 1:9 Ruth 3:1 Ruth 3:18 1 Samuel 13:2 1 Samuel 15:15 2 Samuel 3:29 2 Samuel 7:1 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Samuel 10:10 2 Samuel 12:28 2 Samuel 21:10 1 Kings 5:4 1 Kings 8:56 1 Kings 11:41 1 Kings 14:19 1 Kings 14:29 1 Kings 15:7 1 Kings 15:23 1 Kings 15:31 1 Kings 16:5 1 Kings 16:14 1 Kings 16:20 1 Kings 16:27 1 Kings 20:30 1 Kings 22:39 1 Kings 22:45 2 Kings 1:18 2 Kings 2:15 2 Kings 4:7 2 Kings 8:23 2 Kings 10:34 2 Kings 12:19 2 Kings 13:8 2 Kings 13:12 2 Kings 14:15 2 Kings 14:18 2 Kings 14:28 2 Kings 15:6 2 Kings 15:11 2 Kings 15:15 2 Kings 15:21 2 Kings 15:26 2 Kings 15:31 2 Kings 15:36 2 Kings 16:19 2 Kings 20:20 2 Kings 21:17 2 Kings 21:25 2 Kings 23:28 2 Kings 24:5 2 Kings 25:11 1 Chronicles 4:43 1 Chronicles 6:31 1 Chronicles 6:77 1 Chronicles 11:8 1 Chronicles 12:38 1 Chronicles 16:41 1 Chronicles 19:11 1 Chronicles 22:9 1 Chronicles 22:18 1 Chronicles 23:25 1 Chronicles 24:20 1 Chronicles 28:2 2 Chronicles 9:29 2 Chronicles 13:22 2 Chronicles 14:6 2 Chronicles 14:7 2 Chronicles 14:11 2 Chronicles 15:15 2 Chronicles 20:30 2 Chronicles 20:34 2 Chronicles 24:14 2 Chronicles 25:26 2 Chronicles 26:22 2 Chronicles 27:7 2 Chronicles 28:26 2 Chronicles 32:32 2 Chronicles 33:18 2 Chronicles 35:26 2 Chronicles 36:8 Ezra 4:3 Ezra 4:7 Ezra 4:9 Ezra 4:10 Ezra 4:17 Ezra 6:16 Ezra 7:18 Nehemiah 2:16 Nehemiah 4:14 Nehemiah 4:19 Nehemiah 6:1 Nehemiah 6:14 Nehemiah 7:72 Nehemiah 9:28 Nehemiah 10:28 Nehemiah 11:1 Esther 9:12 Esther 9:16 Job 3:13 Job 3:17 Job 3:18 Job 3:26 Job 11:18 Job 14:6 Job 17:16 Job 30:17 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 17:14 Psalms 37:7 Psalms 38:3 Psalms 55:6 Psalms 94:13 Psalms 95:11 Psalms 116:7 Psalms 125:3 Psalms 132:8 Psalms 132:14 Proverbs 6:35 Proverbs 29:9 Proverbs 29:17 Ecclesiastes 2:23 Ecclesiastes 6:5 Song of Solomon 1:7 Isaiah 7:19 Isaiah 10:19 Isaiah 11:2 Isaiah 11:10 Isaiah 14:3 Isaiah 14:7 Isaiah 18:4 Isaiah 23:12 Isaiah 25:10 Isaiah 28:12 Isaiah 30:15 Isaiah 34:14 Isaiah 51:4 Isaiah 57:2 Isaiah 57:20 Isaiah 62:1 Isaiah 62:7 Isaiah 63:14 Isaiah 66:1 Jeremiah 6:16 Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 31:2 Jeremiah 39:9 Jeremiah 45:3 Jeremiah 46:27 Jeremiah 47:6 Jeremiah 50:34 Jeremiah 52:15 Lamentations 1:3 Lamentations 2:18 Lamentations 5:5 Ezekiel 5:13 Ezekiel 16:42 Ezekiel 21:17 Ezekiel 24:13 Ezekiel 38:11 Ezekiel 44:30 Ezekiel 45:8 Ezekiel 48:23 Daniel 2:18 Daniel 4:4 Daniel 7:12 Daniel 12:13 Micah 2:10 Habakkuk 3:16 Zephaniah 3:17 Zechariah 1:11 Zechariah 9:1 Zechariah 11:9 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 12:43 Matthew 26:45 Matthew 27:49 Mark 6:31 Mark 14:41 Luke 10:6 Luke 11:24 Luke 12:26 Luke 24:9 John 11:13 Acts 2:26 Acts 2:37 Acts 5:13 Acts 7:49 Acts 9:31 Acts 27:44 Romans 11:7 1 Corinthians 7:12 1 Corinthians 11:34 2 Corinthians 2:13 2 Corinthians 7:5 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Hebrews 3:11 Hebrews 3:18 Hebrews 4:1 Hebrews 4:3 Hebrews 4:4 Hebrews 4:5 Hebrews 4:8 Hebrews 4:9 Hebrews 4:10 Hebrews 4:11 1 Peter 4:2 Revelation 2:24 Revelation 4:8 Revelation 6:11 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 14:11 Revelation 14:13 Revelation 20:5

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Genesis 8:9 Exodus 23:11-12 Deuteronomy 12:10 2 Chronicles 14:11 Isaiah 11:10 Matthew 11:28-29 Hebrews 4:1-11 Revelation 20:5 Exodus 23:11 Exodus 23:12 Zechariah 1:11 Joshua 17:2 1 Kings 22:45 2 Chronicles 9:29 Job 3:26 Isaiah 62:7 Matthew 27:49