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Lexicon :: Strong's G3973 - pauō

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παύω
Transliteration
pauō (Key)
Pronunciation
pow'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root verb ("pause")
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Strong’s Definitions

παύω paúō, pow'-o; a primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end:—cease, leave, refrain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G3973 in the following manner: cease (12x), leave (2x), refrain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G3973 in the following manner: cease (12x), leave (2x), refrain (1x).

  1. to make to cease or desist

  2. to restrain a thing or person from something

  3. to cease, to leave off

  4. have got release from sin

    1. no longer stirred by its incitements and seductions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παύω paúō, pow'-o; a primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end:—cease, leave, refrain.
STRONGS G3973:
παύω: 1 aorist imperative 3 person singular παυσάτω (1 Peter 3:10); middle, present παύομαι; imperfect ἐπαυομην; future παύσομαι (see ἀναπαύω and ἐπαναπαύω (and on the forms παηναι etc. cf. futher Hilgenfeld, Hermae Pastor, edition alt. proleg., p. xviii, note, also his edition of the 'Teaching' 4, 2 [ET] note (p. 97))); perfect πεπαυμαι; 1 aorist ἐπαυσάμην; from Homer down; to make to cease or desist: τί or τινα ἀπό τίνος, to restrain (A. V. refrain) a thing or a person from something, 1 Peter 3:10, from Psalm 33:14 (Psalms 34:14); cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 6; ((cf. 326 (305)): R. § 132, 5). Middle, the Sept. for חָדַל, כָּלָה, שָׁבַת, etc. to cease, leave off, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 253 (238)): Luke 8:24; Acts 20:1; 1 Corinthians 13:8; the action or state desisted from is indicated by the addition of a present participle (cf. Matthiae, § 551 d.; Passow, under the word, II. 3; (Liddell and Scott, I. 4); Winers Grammar, § 45, 4; (Buttmann, § 144,15)): ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, Luke 5:4 (Genesis 18:33; Numbers 16:31; Deuteronomy 20:9); add, Acts 5:42; Acts 6:13; Acts 13:10; Acts 20:31; Acts 21:32; Ephesians 1:16; Colossians 1:9; Hebrews 10:2; the participle is lacking, as being evident from the context, Luke 11:1. Passive (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 39, 3 and N. 3) πέπαυται ἁμαρτίας, hath got release (A. V. hath ceased) from sin, i. e. is no longer stirred by its incitements and seductions, 1 Peter 4:1; cf. Kypke, Observations, at the passage, and Winers Grammar, as above; (Buttmann, § 132, 5; but WH text ἁμαρτίαις, dative, unto sins. Compare: ἀναπαύω, ἐπαναπαύω, συναναπαύω (συναναπαύομαι), καταπαύω).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
18:33
Numbers
16:31
Deuteronomy
20:9
Psalms
33:14; 34:14
Luke
5:4; 8:24; 11:1
Acts
5:42; 6:13; 13:10; 20:1; 20:31; 21:32
1 Corinthians
13:8
Ephesians
1:16
Colossians
1:9
Hebrews
10:2
1 Peter
3:10; 3:10; 4:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3973 matches the Greek παύω (pauō),
which occurs 60 times in 57 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 11:8–Jer 26:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - And she said, I will also draw water for thy camels, till they shall all have drunk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 - And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he put two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to [fn]cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and he hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31 - And when he ceased speaking all these words, the ground clave asunder beneath them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:10 - (LXX 17:25) And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and went in after the Israelitish man into the [fn]chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 - I said, I will scatter them, and I will cause their memorial to cease from among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called [fn]the place Emecachor until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - And behold also Sadoc, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Bæthar: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - And David said to Orna, Give me thy place of the threshing-floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. (LXX 5:1a) And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. (5:1b) And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful, as it were benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. (5:1c) And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. (5:1d) And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. (5:1e) But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, (5:1f) What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared to thee, Draw nigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 - For oh that thou hadst kept me in the grave, and hadst hidden me until thy wrath should cease, and thou shouldest set me a time in which thou wouldest remember me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2 - How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 - And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 - then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 - Wherefore teach me, what shall we say to him? and let us cease from saying much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 - And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - (LXX 33:14) Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - (LXX 36:8) Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself so as to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18 - A silent man quells strifes, and determines between great powers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 - These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:25 - For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their [fn]council.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 - And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not rejoice at all in thy vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for the vintage has ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 - There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 - All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:10 - For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10 - Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off, it has ceased, it shall by no means come again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 - For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and ye shall by no means deem them men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20 - O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 - (LXX 32:37) And the peaceable abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - (LXX 33:3) Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - (LXX 33:8) And it came to pass, when Jeremias had ceased speaking all that the Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the false prophets and all the people took him, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - (LXX 33:13) And now amend your ways and your works, and hearken to the voice of the Lord; and the Lord shall cease from the evils which he has pronounced against you.

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