to cease

Greek Verb

παύω [in LXX for כָּלָה pi, etc;] to make to cease, restrain, hinder: with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό 1Pe.3:10 (LXX). Mid, to cease, leave off: Luk.8:24 11:1, Act.20:1, 1Co.13:8; with ptcp, Luk.5:4, Act.5:42 6:13 13:10 20:31 21:32, Eph.1:16, Col.1:9, Heb.10:2; with genitive, ἀμαρτίας, 1Pe.4:1 (WH, mg, R, txt.); with dative, ib. (WH, txt, R, mg.). (AS)

to cease

Greek Verb

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+]

Greek

Verb

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