GreekG3973Verb

παύω

pauō

15Occurrences
G3973Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end

a primary verb ("pause");

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to make to cease, restrain, hinder: with accusative of thing(s), (LXX). Mid., to cease, leave off: with ptcp. .
LXX: for כָּלָה pi., etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

παύω appears 15 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
6
Luke
3
1 Peter
2
1 Corinthians
1
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:8BSB

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

Acts 13:10BSB

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

Acts 21:32BSB

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Colossians 1:9BSB

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

Luke 11:1BSB

One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

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