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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 12 times in 11 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 -

Peaceful grazing land will become lifeless

because of the LORD’s burning anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 -

“Perhaps they will listen and turn ​— ​each from his evil way of life ​— ​so that I might relent concerning the disaster that I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 -

When he finished the address the LORD had commanded him to deliver to all the people, immediately the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, “You must surely die!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 -

“So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the LORD your God so that he might relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19

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“Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did not the king fear the LORD and plead for the LORD’s favor,[fn] and did not the LORD relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves! ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 -

This is what the LORD says:

A voice was heard in Ramah,

a lament with bitter weeping —

Rachel weeping for her children,

refusing to be comforted for her children

because they are no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:36 -

“If this fixed order departs from before me —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

only then will Israel’s descendants cease

to be a nation before me forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:1 -

When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God ​— ​all these words the LORD their God had sent him to give them ​— ​

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10 -

“They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed my instruction or my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:2 -

There is no longer praise for Moab;

they plan harm against her in Heshbon:

Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.

Also, Madmen, you will be silenced;

the sword will follow you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63

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“When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

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