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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Habakkuk 3:16

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When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:16 · retained source text

When I heard, my belly trembled: my lips quiuered at the voice: rottennesse entred into my bones, and I trembled in my selfe, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when hee commeth vp vnto the people, he wil inuade them with his troupes.

1611 marginal noteOr, cut them in pieces.

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