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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 - And when He had finished G3973 speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:24 - And they came to Him and woke Him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He woke up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped G3973, and [fn]it became calm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:1 -

And it happened that while [fn]Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished G3973, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just 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 [fn]from house to house, they did not cease G3973 teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the [fn]Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:13 - And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases G3973 speaking words against this holy place and the Law;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:10 - and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease G3973 to make crooked the straight ways of the [fn]Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:1 -

Now after the uproar had ceased G3973, Paul having summoned and exhorted the disciples, said farewell and left to go to Macedonia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:31 - “Therefore be watchful, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease G3973 to admonish each one with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:32 - At once he took along soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped G3973 beating Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 -

Love never fails, but if there are gifts of [fn]prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease G3973; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:16 - do not cease G3973 giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers:

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:9 -

For this reason also, since the day we heard, we have not ceased G3973 to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the [fn]full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:2 - Otherwise, would they not have ceased G3973 to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have consciousness of sins?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:10 - For,

“THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS,

MUST KEEP G3973 HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:1 -

Therefore, since Christ has [fn]suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose—because he who has [fn]suffered in the flesh has ceased G3973 from sin—

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