παύω

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G3973

Transliteration: paúō

Pronunciation: pow'-o

Definition: cease

- Original: παύω

- Transliteration: Pauo

- Phonetic: pow'-o

- Definition:

1. to make to cease or desist

2. to restrain a thing or person from something

3. to cease, to leave off

4. have got release from sin

a. no longer stirred by its incitements and seductions

- Origin: "a root verb ("pause")"

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A primn. verb (pause); to stop (transitive or intransitive) that is restrain quit desist come to an end: - cease leave refrain.