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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 15 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:4 - But when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon, Draw out into the deep water and let down your nets for a haul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:24 - and coming to him they woke him up, saying, Master, master, we perish. But he, rising up, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:1 - And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:42 - And every day, in the temple and in the houses, they ceased not teaching and announcing the glad tidings that Jesus was the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1 - But after the tumult had ceased, Paul having called the disciples to him and embraced them, went away to go to Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31 - Wherefore watch, remembering that for three years, night and day, I ceased not admonishing each one of you with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - Love never fails; but whether prophecies, they shall be done away; or tongues, they shall cease; or knowledge, it shall be done away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you at my prayers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 - For this reason *we* also, from the day we heard of your faith and love, do not cease praying and asking for you, to the end that ye may be filled with the full knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2 - Since, would they not indeed have ceased being offered, on account of the worshippers once purged having no longer any conscience of sins?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For he that will love life and see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil and his lips that they speak no guile.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:1 - Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, do *ye* also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in the flesh has done with sin,
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