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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3973 Greek: pauo

Cease:

"to stop, to make an end," is used chiefly in the Middle Voice in the NT, signifying "to come to an end, to take one's rest, a willing cessation" (in contrast to the Passive Voice which denotes a forced cessation), Luk 5:4, of a discourse; Luk 8:24, of a storm; Luk 11:1, of Christ's prayer; Act 5:42, of teaching and preaching; Act 6:13, of speaking against; Act 13:10, of evil doing; Act 20:1, of an uproar; Act 20:31, of admonition; Act 21:32, of a scourging; 1Cr 13:8, of tongues; Eph 1:16, of giving thanks; Col 1:9, of prayer; Hbr 10:2, of sacrifices; 1Pe 4:1, of "ceasing" from sin. It is used in the Active Voice in 1Pe 3:10, "let him cause his tongue to cease from evil."
See LEAVE, REFRAIN.

A-2 Verb Strong's Number: g1257 Greek: dialeipo

Cease:

lit., "to leave between," i.e., "to leave an interval, whether of space or time" (dia, "between," leipo, "to leave"); hence, "to intermit, desist, cease," in Luk 7:45 is used of the kissing of the Lord's feet.

A-3 Verb Strong's Number: g2270 Greek: hesuchazo

Cease:

"to be quiet, still, at rest," is said of Paul's friends in Caesarea, in "ceasing" to persuade him not to go to Jerusalem, Act 21:14; it is used of silence (save in Luk 23:56; 1Th 4:11) in Luk 14:4; Act 11:18.
See PEACE (hold one's), QUIET, REST.

A-4 Verb Strong's Number: g2869 Greek: kopazo

Cease:

"to cease through being spent with toil, to cease raging" (from kopos, "labor, toil," kopiao, "to labor"), is said of the wind only, Mat 14:32; Mar 4:39; 6:51.

A-5 Verb Strong's Number: g863 Greek: aphiemi

Cease:

"to let go," is translated "let us cease to" in Hbr 6:1, RV (marg., "leave") for AV, "leaving."
See FORGIVE, LEAVE.

A-6 Verb Strong's Number: g2664 Greek: katapauo

Cease:

"to rest" (kata, "down," intensive, and No. 1), is so translated in Hbr 4:10, for the AV "hath ceased."
See REST, RESTRAIN.

Notes:

(1) Katargeo, "to render inactive, to bring to naught, to do away," is so rendered in Gal 5:11, RV, for the AV "ceased."
See ABOLISH.

(2) Akatapaustos, "incessant, not to be set at rest" (from a, negative, kata, "down," pauo, "to cease"), is used in 2Pe 2:14, of those who "cannot cease" from sin, i.e., who cannot be restrained from sinning.

B-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g88 Greek: adialeiptos

Cease:

"unceasing" (from a, negative, dia, "through," leipo, "to leave"), is used of "incessant" heart pain, Rom 9:2, AV, "continual," RV, "unceasing," and in 2Ti 1:3, of remembrance in prayer; the meaning in each place is not that of unbroken continuity, but without the omission of any occasion. Cp. A, No. 2.
See CONTINUAL.

C-1 Adverb Strong's Number: g88 Greek: adialeiptos

Cease:

"unceasingly, without ceasing," is used with the same significance as the adjective, not of what is not interrupted, but of that which is constantly recurring; in Rom 1:9; 1Th 5:17, of prayer; in 1Th 1:3, of the remembrance of the work, labor and patience of saints; in 1Th 2:13, of thanksgiving.

Note: Ektenes, lit., "stretched out, signifies "earnest, fervent;" Act 12:5, RV, for AV, "without ceasing." See 1Pe 4:8, "fervent."

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