Dictionary entry

ἀναπαύω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἀνα-παύω,

[in LXX for fourteen different words, chiefly נוּחַ, also רָבַץ, שָׁאַן, etc.;],

to give intermission from labour, to give rest, refresh: Mt 11:28, I Co 16:18, Phm 20; pass., Phm 7, II Co 7:13. Mid., to ta, rest, enjoy rest: Mt 26:45, Mk 6:3114:41, Lk 12:19, Re 6:1114:13; as in Heb. of Is 11:2 (נוּחַ עַל), τὸ πνεῦμα ἐφ' ὑμᾶς ἀ., I Pe 4:14. (In π. this word is used as a technical agricultural term; v. MM, VGT, s.v.; and cf. Le 26:34 f.; Cremer, 826.)†