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3973 – παύω (pauo)

cease

Type:	Verb
Greek:	παύω (pauo)
Pronunciation:	pow-o
Gematria:	1281(80 + 1 + 400 + 800) words with the same gematria
Origin:	A root verb ("pause")
Usage:	15 times in NT

Description

To make to cease or desist.
To restrain a thing or person from something.
To cease, to leave off.
Have got release from sin.
1. No longer stirred by its incitements and seductions.

Word root

Word with pauo as root:

ἀναπαύω	anapauo	G0373	rest
καταπαύω	katapauo	G2664	restrain

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into pauo :

דָּמַם	damam	H1826a	to silence
חָדַל	chadal	H2308	to cease
כָּלָה	kalah	H3615	to end
מוּשׁ	mosh	H4185	to remove
נָחַם	nacham	H5162	to comfort
נָפַשׁ	nafash	H5314	be refreshed
נָצַר	natsar	H5341	to watch
עָצַר	atsar	H6113	to restrain
עָרַב	arav	H6148	to pledge
רַב	rav	H7227a	many
רָפָה	rafah	H7503	to slacken
שָׁאַן	shaan	H7599	to rest
שָׁבַת	shavat	H7673a	to cease
שׁוּב	shov	H7725	to return
תָּמַם	tamam	H8552	to finish

Alternative forms

	Grammatical code	shortcode	Swedish suggestion	English	Quantity
	VERB Verb aorist active imp. aorist active imperative sing. third person singular	V-AAM-3S	V-AAM-3SVerb Aorist Active Imperative third person Singular	-	he should keep	1
	VERB Verb aorist middle ind. aorist middle indicative sing. first person singular	V-AMI-1S	V-AMI-1SVerb Aorist Middle Indicative first person Singular	-	I ceased	1
	VERB Verb aorist middle ind. aorist middle indicative pl. third person plural	V-AMI-3P	V-AMI-3PVerb Aorist Middle Indicative third person Plural	-	they ceased	3
	VERB Verb aorist middle ind. aorist middle indicative sing. third person singular	V-AMI-3S	V-AMI-3SVerb Aorist Middle Indicative third person Singular	-	He ceased	2
	VERB Verb aorist middle inf. aorist middle infinitive	V-AMN	V-AMNVerb Aorist Middle Infinitive	-	ceasing	1
	VERB Verb fut. deponent ind. future middle-deponent indicative sing. second person singular	V-FDI-2S	V-FDI-2SVerb Future Middle deponent Indicative second person Singular	-	will you cease	1
	VERB Verb fut. deponent ind. future middle-deponent indicative pl. third person plural	V-FDI-3P	V-FDI-3PVerb Future Middle deponent Indicative third person Plural	-	they will cease;	1
	VERB Verb imp. middle ind. imperfect middle indicative pl. third person plural	V-IMI-3P	V-IMI-3PVerb imperfect Middle Indicative third person Plural	-	they were ceasing	1
	VERB Verb pres. middle ind. present middle indicative pl. first person plural	V-PMI-1P	V-PMI-1PVerb Present Middle Indicative first person Plural	-	cease	1
	VERB Verb pres. middle ind. present middle indicative sing. first person singular	V-PMI-1S	V-PMI-1SVerb Present Middle Indicative first person Singular	-	do cease	1
	VERB Verb pres. middle ind. present middle indicative sing. third person singular	V-PMI-3S	V-PMI-3SVerb Present Middle Indicative third person Singular	-	does stop	1
	VERB Verb perf. middle ind. perfect middle indicative sing. third person singular	V-RMI-3S	V-RMI-3SVerb Perfect Middle Indicative third person Singular	-	has himself done	1

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Usage in NT

	Total 15
Luke	3
Acts	6
1 Corinthians	1
Ephesians	1
Colossians	1
Hebrews	1
1 Peter	2

References (15 occurances in 15 verses)

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