Katapausis denotes a rest that people may enter or be barred from, and in one verse a place of resting.

Its dominant use denotes a rest portrayed as something entered, promised, or denied in Hebrews; a rarer use describes a resting place in Acts.

1. Rest entered or withheld · dominant

   The accusative singular forms occur in statements about entering, failing to enter, or being promised this rest. In Hebrews 3:11 the APB renders a sworn exclusion from “my rest”; in Hebrews 4:10 it connects having entered that rest with resting from works, while Hebrews 4:11 urges entry rather than falling through disobedience.

   Hebrews 3:11Hebrews 3:18Hebrews 4:1Hebrews 4:3Hebrews 4:10Hebrews 4:11
2. A place of resting · rare

   In Acts 7:49, the genitive singular form occurs in a question about what place would serve as the Lord's resting place. The APB renders the surrounding clause, “what place will serve as my resting place?”

   Acts 7:49

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Hebrews, the APB regularly presents the relevant clauses with “rest,” including entering, not entering, and resting from works. In Acts 7:49 it uses “resting place”; These renderings describe the clauses rather than mechanically isolating the term.