katapauo denotes causing activity to cease, whether restraining an action or bringing rest from works.

The dominant use concerns bringing someone into rest or cessation from works: Hebrews 4:4, Hebrews 4:8, and Hebrews 4:10 place the aorist active form in statements about God, Joshua, and the person entering rest. Acts 14:18 shows a related use of restraining people so that an intended sacrifice does not proceed.

1. Bringing rest or cessation from works · dominant

   In Hebrews 4:4 the singular aorist active form occurs in the statement that God gave rest on the seventh day from all his works. Hebrews 4:8 and Hebrews 4:10 likewise frame the action around giving rest and resting from works; the APB renders the respective clauses with “gave them rest” and “rested from his works.”

   Hebrews 4:4Hebrews 4:8Hebrews 4:10
2. Restraining an intended action · rare

   In Acts 14:18 the plural aorist active form concerns the people’s proposed offering of sacrifice. The APB renders the verse as the speakers having “scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.”

   Acts 14:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Hebrews occurrences with “gave rest” or “rested from his works,” while Acts 14:18 uses “restrained.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ contexts rather than assign a separate English equivalent in every instance.