What Does Hebrews 4:10 Mean in the King James?

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Hebrews 4:10 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Greek word-family behind “rest” and “ceased” links entering rest with stopping from work.

THE MEANING

When a person enters God’s rest, that person also ceases from their own works, as God ceased from his. Rest is both a state entered and a stopping from work.

THE ROOT

κατάπαυσιν

katapausin

GROWS FROM

παυ

pau

to stop or cease

The Greek noun for “rest” and the verb translated “ceased” belong to the ⁨καταπαύω⁩ word-family, built on ⁨παυ⁩, “stop.” English gives them different forms, while Greek connects the rest a person enters with the stopping of their own work, as God stopped from his.

ALSO GROWS

pauō: to stop or cease

παύω

This verb carries the stopping sense at the root of the passage’s rest and cessation words.

katapauō: to bring to rest or cause to cease

καταπαύω

This compound verb underlies the passage’s “ceased” and links that action to the rest being entered.

katapausis: rest or cessation

κατάπαυσις

This noun names the rest the verse says a person enters.

THE PATTERN

God’s rest is marked by work ending and is offered as a state people can enter.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:2 · KJVGod’s rest follows the ending of his work, echoing the cessation named in Hebrews.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 11:28 · KJVRest is offered to those bearing labor, as something they can receive.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Hebrews 4:9 · KJVThe rest described here remains open for people to enter.

THE THREAD

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.

Hebrews 4:4 · KJV

The Greek verb translated “did rest” here is from the same word-family as “hath ceased” in Hebrews 4:10. The text links a person’s stopping from work directly to God’s own stopping.

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