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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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Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:23 · retained source text

For all his dayes are sorrowes, and his traueile, griefe; yea his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanitie.

1611 marginal noteIob 14.1.

Ecclesiastes 6:5
Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:5 · retained source text

Moreouer hee hath not seene the Sunne, nor knowen any thing: this hath more rest then the other.

Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 1:7 · retained source text

Tell me, (O thou whom my soule loueth) where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flocke to rest at noone: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flockes of thy companions?

1611 marginal noteOr, as one that is vailed.

Isaiah 7:19
And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:19 · retained source text

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rockes, and vpon all thornes, and vpon all bushes.

1611 marginal noteOr, comendable trees.

Isaiah 10:19
And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:19 · retained source text

And the rest of the trees of his forrest shall be few, that a child may write them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. number.

Isaiah 11:2
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:2 · retained source text

And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest vpon him, the spirit of wisedome and vnderstanding, the spirit of counsell and might, the spirit of knowledge, and of the feare of the LORD:

Isaiah 11:10
¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:10 · retained source text

¶ And in that day there shall bee a roote of Iesse, which shall stand for an ensigne of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seeke, and his rest shall bee glorious.

1611 marginal noteHeb. glory.

1611 marginal noteRom.15.12.

Isaiah 14:3
And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:3 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in the day that the LORD shal giue thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy feare, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serue,

Isaiah 18:4
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 18:4 · retained source text

For so the LORD sayd vnto me: I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a cleare heate vpon herbes, and like a cloud of dew in the heate of haruest.

1611 marginal noteOr, regard my set dwelling.

1611 marginal noteOr, after raine.

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