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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the LORD departed, and Abraham returned to his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar so that I may drink,’ and [fn]who answers, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels also’—may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:19 - Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels until they have finished drinking.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:22 -

When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a [fn]half-shekel, and two bracelets for her [fn]wrists weighing ten shekels in gold,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of his father Isaac, that his brother Esau came in from his hunting.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - “Plead with the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s [fn]thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD; the [fn]thunder will cease and there will no longer be hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’S.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses left the city from his meeting with Pharaoh, and spread out his [fn]hands to the LORD; and the [fn]thunder and the hail stopped, and rain [fn]no longer poured on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the [fn]thunder had stopped, he sinned again and [fn]hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - “It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - “Why should the Egyptians talk, saying, ‘With evil motives He brought them out, to kill them on the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent of doing harm to Your people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:31 -

And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:10 - But the LORD said to Moses, “Put the staff of Aaron back in front of the testimony [fn]to be kept as a sign against the [fn]rebels, so that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me and they do not die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and he went after the man of Israel into the inner room of the tent and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through the abdomen. So the plague on the sons of Israel was brought to a halt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - “And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:26 -

‘I would have said, “I will wipe them out,

I will remove the mention of [fn]their name from humanity,”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - Then they erected over him a large heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of [fn]Achor to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 -

Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 -

Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the [fn]site of this threshing floor, so that I may build on it an altar to the LORD; you shall give it to me for the full price, so that the plague may be brought to a halt from the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 -

Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 -

“My soul refuses to touch them;

They are like loathsome food to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 -

“Do you intend to rebuke my words,

When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:13 -

“Oh that You would hide me in [fn]Sheol,

That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,

That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2 -

“How long will you hunt for words?

Show understanding, and then we can talk.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:9 -

“The leaders stopped talking

And put their hands on their mouths;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:40 -

May the thorn-bush [fn]grow instead of wheat,

And stinkweed instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:19 -

“Teach us what we are to say to Him;

We cannot present our case because of darkness.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:1 -

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind and said,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 -

Keep your tongue from evil

And your lips from speaking deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 -

Cease from anger and abandon wrath;

Do not get upset; it leads only to evildoing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:18 -

The cast lot puts an end to quarrels,

And [fn]decides between the mighty ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:1 -

The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the pronouncement.

The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 -

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;

Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.

Stop doing evil,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 -

Therefore the Lord [fn]GOD of armies,

The Mighty One of Israel, declares,

“Ah, I will have satisfaction against My adversaries,

And avenge Myself on My enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:25 - “For in a very little while My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:10 -

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;

In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,

No treader treads out wine in the presses,

For I have made the shouting to cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 -

The joy of tambourines ceases,

The noise of revelers stops,

The joy of the harp ceases.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 -

There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine;

All joy [fn]turns to gloom.

The joy of the earth is banished.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:13 -

For so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,

As the [fn]shaking of an olive tree,

As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:10 -

Though the wicked person is shown compassion,

He does not learn righteousness;

He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,

And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:10 -

Within a year and a few days

You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;

For the vintage is ended,

And the fruit gathering will not come.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:8 -

The highways are desolate, [fn]the traveler has ceased,

He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,

He has no regard for mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20 -

“The LORD is certain to save me;

So we will play my songs on stringed instruments

All the days of our life at the house of the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 -

“You were tired out by the length of your road,

Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless!’

You found [fn]renewed strength,

Therefore you did not [fn]faint.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:37 -

And the peaceful grazing places are devastated

Because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, and I will relent of the disaster which I am planning to inflict on them because of the evil of their deeds.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:8 - Yet when Jeremiah finished speaking everything that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You must die!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “Now then, reform your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent of the disaster which He has pronounced against you.

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