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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
παύω
Greek transliteration: 
pauō
Simplified transliteration: 
pauo
Principal Parts: 
(ἔπαυον), παύσω, ἔπαυσα, -, πέπαυμαι, ἐπαύθην ορ ἐπάην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3973
GK Number: 
4264
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
15
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(5)
Gloss: 
(act.) to cause to stop; (mid.) to stop, cease, finish
Definition: 
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

Greek-English Concordance for παύω

Luke 5:4 When he stopped (epausato | ἐπαύσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
Luke 8:24 They went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to perish!” Having been awakened he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they stopped (epausanto | ἐπαύσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl), and there was a calm.
Luke 11:1 Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished (epausato | ἐπαύσατο | aor mid ind 3 sg) one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Acts 5:42 And every day, both in the temple and at home, they (epauonto | ἐπαύοντο | imperf mid ind 3 pl) did (epauonto | ἐπαύοντο | imperf mid ind 3 pl) not stop (epauonto | ἐπαύοντο | imperf mid ind 3 pl) teaching and preaching Jesus the Christ.
Acts 6:13 and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man does (pauetai | παύεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) not stop (pauetai | παύεται | pres mid ind 3 sg) saying words against this holy place and the law,
Acts 13:10 and said, “O man full of deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will (pausē | παύσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) you (pausē | παύσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) not stop (pausē | παύσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
Acts 20:1 After the uproar ceased (pausasthai | παύσασθαι | aor mid inf ), Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left for Macedonia.
Acts 20:31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years, night or day, I (epausamēn | ἐπαυσάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) did (epausamēn | ἐπαυσάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) not cease (epausamēn | ἐπαυσάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) warning each one of you with tears.
Acts 21:32 At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped (epausanto | ἐπαύσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) beating Paul.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never comes to an end. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease (pausontai | παύσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl); if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
Ephesians 1:16 I (pauomai | παύομαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) do (pauomai | παύομαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) not cease (pauomai | παύομαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, we from the day we heard about you, we have (pauometha | παυόμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) not ceased (pauometha | παυόμεθα | pres mid ind 1 pl) praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will his in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, spiritual
Hebrews 10:2 For otherwise would they (epausanto | ἐπαύσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) not have ceased (epausanto | ἐπαύσαντο | aor mid ind 3 pl) being offered, since the worshipers, once cleansed, would have no consciousness of sins?
1 Peter 3:10 For “The one who desires to love life and to see good days, let him keep (pausatō | παυσάτω | aor act imperative 3 sg) his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
1 Peter 4:1 Therefore since Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same way of thinking, that is, that the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished (pepautai | πέπαυται | perf mid ind 3 sg) with sin,