The Hebrew word for Rest is defined as being at peace and undisturbed.
Joshua 11:23 23 And Joshua taketh the whole of the land, according to all that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, and Joshua giveth it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes; and the land hath rest from war.
Reading from right to left:
The first letter is Shin, followed by Quf and Tet.
The pictographs communicate that the destruction is behind us, the back of the head, as we are surrounded with peace.
1) to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be quiet, be undisturbed
1a1a) to be at peace (of land)
1a2) to be quiet, be inactive
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show quietness
1b1a) quietness, display of quietness (substantive)
1b2) to quiet, be quiet
1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
H8252 (KJC)
שׁקט
shâqaṭ
Total KJV Occurrences: 41
quiet, 15
Jdg 18:7, Jdg 18:27, 2Ki 11:20, 1Ch 4:40, 2Ch 14:1, 2Ch 14:5, 2Ch 20:30, 2Ch 23:21, Job 3:13, Isa 7:4, Isa 14:7, Jer 47:6-7 (2), Jer 49:23, Eze 16:42
rest, 15
Jos 14:15, Jdg 3:11, Jdg 5:30-31 (2), Rth 3:18, 2Ch 14:6, Job 3:26, Psa 94:13, Isa 18:4, Isa 57:20, Isa 62:1, Jer 30:10, Jer 46:27, Zec 1:11 (2)
quietness, 4
Job 34:28-29 (2), Isa 30:15, Isa 32:17
still, 2
Psa 76:8, Psa 83:1
appeaseth, 1
Pro 15:18
idleness, 1
Eze 16:49
quieteth, 1
Job 37:17
rested, 1
Jos 11:23
settled, 1
Jer 48:11
H8252 (Strong)
שָׁקַט
shâqaṭ
shaw-kat'
A primitive root; to repose (usually figuratively): - appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet (-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
