παύωpaúō
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
Greek (New Testament) · G3973
Meanings
to make to cease, restrain, hinder: with accusative of thing, followed by ἀπό, 1 Peter 3:10(LXX). Mid., to cease, leave off: Luke 8:24, Luke 11:1, Acts 20:1, 1 Corinthians 13:8; with participle, Luke 5:4, Acts 5:42, Acts 6:13, Acts 13:10, Acts 20:31, Acts 21:32, Ephesians 1:16, Colossians 1:9, Hebrews 10:2; with genitive, ἀμαρτίας, 1 Peter 4:1; with dative, 1 Peter 4:1.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Luke 5:4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Now go out where it is deeper, and let down your nets to catch some fish.”
- Luke 8:24 The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves. Suddenly the storm stopped and all was calm.
- Luke 11:1 Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
- Acts 5:42 And every day, in the Temple and from house to house, they continued to teach and preach this message: “Jesus is the Messiah.”
- Acts 6:13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
- Acts 13:10 Then he said, “You son of the devil, full of every sort of deceit and fraud, and enemy of all that is good! Will you never stop perverting the true ways of the Lord?
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.