G3973: παύω
paúō · “to cease”
Definition
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
KJV translates it as: cease, leave, refrain
Word origin: a primary verb ("pause");
Extended definition
[in LXX for כָּלָה pi., etc. ;]
to make to cease, restrain, hinder: with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό 1Pe.3:10 (LXX). Mid., to cease, leave off: Luk.8:24 11:1, Act.20:1, 1Co.13:8; with ptcp., Luk.5:4, Act.5:42 6:13 13:10 20:31 21:32, Eph.1:16, Col.1:9, Heb.10:2; with genitive, ἀμαρτίας, 1Pe.4:1 (WH, mg., R, txt.); with dative, ib. (WH, txt., R, mg.).†
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3973 is translated
- he left off ×1
- they ceased, ×1
- he ceased, ×1
- they were ceasing ×1
- does stop ×1
- will you cease ×1
- ceasing ×1
- i ceased ×1
- they stopped ×1
- they will cease; ×1
- do cease ×1
- cease ×1
Bible verses with G3973 (paúō)
Paúō appears in 15 verses.
- Luke 5:4
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
- Luke 8:24
And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
- Luke 11:1
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
- Acts 5:42
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
- Acts 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Acts 13:10
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Acts 20:1
And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
- Acts 20:31
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
- Acts 21:32
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
- 1 Corinthians 13:8
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
- Ephesians 1:16
Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
- Colossians 1:9
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
- Hebrews 10:2
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
- 1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
- 1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;