G3973: παύω (paúō)

G3973 παύω (paúō)

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Quick Definition

παύω v. I cause to cease

Strong's Definition

a primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end

KJV Usage: cease, leave, refrain

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

παύω (G3973) — παύομαι

verb | ἀκατάπαυστος · ἀναπαύω · ἐπαναπαύομαι · κατάπαυσις · καταπαύω · συναναπαύομαι

68.46 · Aspect · Cease, Stop

to cause to cease, to make stop to cause something or someone to cease from some activity or state

ACT 5:42 · 1PE 3:10

68.34 · (παύομαι) · Aspect · Cease, Stop

to cease, to stop to cease from an activity in which one is engaged A literal rendering of LUK 5:4, however, may suggest a contradiction in some languages, since the initial clause implies a cessation of speech, while the principal clause indicates that Jesus spoke to Simon. It may be possible in some languages to use two entirely different words for speaking, one referring to speaking to a large group, and the second indicating a direct communication with a single person.

LUK 5:4 · LUK 8:24 · LUK 11:1 · ACT 6:13 · ACT 13:10 · ACT 20:1 · ACT 20:31 · ACT 21:32 · 1CO 13:8 · EPH 1:16 · COL 1:9 · HEB 10:2 · 1PE 4:1

¹ It is possible that καταπαύω[c] should be understood as being somewhat more emphatic in meaning than παύω.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

παύω: 1 aor. impv. 3 pers. sing. παυσάτω (1 Pet. iii. 10); Mid., pres. παύομαι; impf. ἐπαυόμην; fut. παύσομαι (see dvaravw and éravarav [and on the forms παῆναι ete. ef. further Hilgenfeld, Hermae Pastor, ed. alt. proleg. p. xviii. note, also his ed. of the ‘Teaching’ 4, 2 note (p. 97)]); pf. πέπαυμαι; 1 aor. ἐπαυσάμην ; fr. Hom. down; to make to cease or desist: τὶ or τινὰ ἀπό τινος, to restrain [A. V. refrain] a thing or a person from something, 1 Pet. iii. 10, fr. Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 14; cf. W. § 30, 6; [(cf. 326 (305)); B. § 132, 5]. Mid. Sept. for 51m, nba, naw, ste. to cease, leave off, [cf. W. 258 (238)]: Lk. viii. 24; Acts xx. 1; 1 Co. xiii. 8; the action or state desisted from is indicated by the addition of a pres. ptep. (cf. Matthiae § 551 d.; Passows. v. Il. 3; [L. and S. I. 4]; W. § 45,4; [B.§ 144, 15]): ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν, Lk. v. 4 (Gen. xviii. 33; Num. xvi. 31; Deut. xx.9); add, Acts v. 42; vi. 13; xiii. 10; xx. 31; xxi. 32; Eph. i. 16; Col. i. 9; Heb. x. 2; the ptcp. is wanting, as being evident fr. the context, Lk. xi.1. Pass. [ef. W. § 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 Pet. iv. 1; ef. Kypke, Observy. ad loc., and W. u.s.; [B. 8 132,5; but WH txt. ἁμαρτίαις, dat., unto sins. Comp. : ἀνα-, ἐπ-ανα-, συν-ανα- (-μαι), κατα- rave |.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

παύω pauō 15x

to cause to pause or cease, restrain, prohibit, 1 Pet. 3:10; mid. perf. πέπαυται, to cease, stop, leave off, desist, refrain, 1 Pet. 4:1

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

παύω,

[in LXX for כּלה pi., etc.;]

to make to cease, restrain, hinder: c. acc. rei, seq. ἀπό, I Pe 3:10(LXX). Mid., to cease, leave off: Lk 8:24 11:1, Ac 20:1, I Co 13:8; c. ptcp., Lk 5:4, Ac 5:42 6:13 13:10 20:31 21:32, Eph 1:16, Col 1:9, He 10:2; c. gen., ἀμαρτίας, I Pe 4:1 (WH, mg., R, txt.); c. dat., I Pe 4:1 (WH, txt., R, mg.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

παύω. For the mid. = ‘‘ cease,’’ as with one exception (1 Pet 3°) in the NT, cf. P Hib I. 5910 (c. B.c. 245) εἰ μὴ παύσει κ[αἸκοποῶν ἐν τῆι Kwpn[t] μεταμελή[σ]ει σοι, “if you do not cease your malpractices in the village, you will be sorry for it,’’ P Oxy VIII. 1121!° (a.p. 295) οὐκ ἐπαυσάμην τὰ πρέποντα γείνεσθαι ὑπὸ τέκνων γονεῦσι ἀναπληροῦσα, “1 was assiduous in performing what is owing from children to parents” (Ed.), and P Lond 417! (c. a.p. 346) (= II. p- 299, Sr/ections, p. 124) καὶ πάλειν, ἂμ μὴ παύσεται (1 ἐὰν μὴ παύσηται), ἔρχεται εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου ἄλλω ἅβαξ (Δ ἄλλο ἅπαξ), ‘and again, if he does not desist, he will come into your hands still another time.’’ In an illiterate letter from parents to their son giving news regarding their health, P Oxy X. 1299°f (iv/a.D.), they write—émta ἀπὸ Tov νέω ἔτους πολλὰ ἐνοσοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ εὐχαριστῶ[μ]εν τῷ θεῷ ὅτι ἐπαυμένην (/. πεπαυμένοι) Eopée<v>, ‘‘next, since the new year we have been very ill, but we give thanks to God that we have recovered ” (Edd.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

παύω (pauō) — to cease. παύω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect imperfect παύεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future παύσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect infinitive παυσέμεν (κατα-) [Refs]aorist ἔπαυσα [Refs], Epic dialect παῦσα [Refs]: perfect πέπαυκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, Ionic dialect imperfect παυέσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future παύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πεπαύσομαι only [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παυσθήσομαι (variant παυθ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later παήσομαι (ἀνα-) [NT]: aorist ἐπαυσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐπαύθην, Epic dialect παύθην, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐπαύσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+] H.: perfect πέπαυμαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I. causal, make to end,

I.1. with accusative only, bring to an end, check, sometimes of persons, ἵνα παύσομεν ἄγριον ἄνδρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; stop or silence by death, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive and middle, take one's rest, ἐνὶ κλισίῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; cease, have done, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of one singing or speaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, middle denotes willing, passive forced, cessation.

I.1. b mostly of things, make an end of, stop, abate, χόλον, μένος, νεῖκος πολέμοιο, ῥόον, ὀδύνας, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύπας ᾠδαῖς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; π. τόξον let the bow rest, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τὸν νόμον annul it, [Refs]; π. τὸν λόγον close it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τείχη raze them, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. with accusative person et genitive of things, hinder, keep back, or give one rest, from a thing, π. Ἕκτορα μάχης, πόνοιο Ἀχιλῆα, Θάμυριν ἀοιδῆς, Πηνελόπειαν κλαυθμοῖο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ ἀλκῆς, ἄλης, καμάτοιο, ὀδυνάων, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ ἀμα θίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τῆς νόσου] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ τῆς βασιληΐης depose one from being king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς, τῆς στρατηγίας, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive and middle, rest or cease from a thing, πολέμοιο, μάχης, ἔργων, πόνου, γόοιο, κλαυθμοῦ, ὀδυνάων, κλαγγῆς, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τῆς μάχης, τοῦ δρόμου, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύεσθαι ἀρχῆς to be deposed from, or reach the term of, office, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.3. with present participle, stop a person from.., π. τινὰ ἀριστεύοντα stop him from doing bravely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γελῶντας ἐχθροὺς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive and middle, leave off doing.., ὅθ᾽ ὕπνος ἕλοι, παύσαιτό τε νηπιαχεύων when he stopped playing, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of things, ἄνεμος μὲν ἐπαύσατο.. θύων [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle is frequently to be supplied, αἷμα, φλόξ, ἄνεμος ἐπαύσατο, the blood stopped [flowing], the fire [burning], the wind [blowing], [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so Ῥοδώπιος πέρι πέπαυμαι (i.e. λέγων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. less frequently with infinitive, stop a person from.., ἔμ᾽ ἔπαυσας ἐπὶ Τρώεσσι μάχεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] inserted, θνητούς γ᾽ ἔπαυσα μὴ προδέρκεσθαι μόρον [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.4. b middle with infinitive, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

I.5. middle, yield, give, of timber, opposed to ἵστασθαι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. intransitive in imperative παῦε, cease, leave off (παύου is rare, [Refs 8th c.BC+] stop! have done! be quiet! παῦε, μὴ λέξῃς πέρα [Refs 5th c.BC+], where the other Verbs are plural; παῦ, apocalyptic for παῦε, παῦ, μηδὲν ὄμνυ᾽ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also imperative middle, παῦσαι λέγουσα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; παύσασθε νοῦν ἔχοντες (to be read λέγοντες) [Refs 4th c.BC+]