The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

παύω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaπαύω
Citation formπαύω
Part of speechverb
GlossI cause to cease
Strong’sG3973
Transliterationpaúō
Definitionto stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
KJV glosses:--cease, leave, refrain.
Derivationa primary verb ("pause")
SBLGNT occurrences15

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐπαύοντο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--) — Acts 5:42
ἐπαυσάμην
verb, first person, aorist, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1AMI-S--) — Acts 20:31
ἐπαύσαντο
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AMI-P--) — Luke 8:24
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AMI-P--) — Acts 21:32
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AMI-P--) — Hebrews 10:2
ἐπαύσατο
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AMI-S--) — Luke 11:1
verb, third person, aorist, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AMI-S--) — Luke 5:4
παύεται
verb, third person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PMI-S--) — Acts 6:13
παύομαι
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PMI-S--) — Ephesians 1:16
παυόμεθα
verb, first person, present, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PMI-P--) — Colossians 1:9
παύσασθαι
verb, aorist, middle, infinitive (MorphGNT -AMN----) — Acts 20:1
παυσάτω
verb, third person, aorist, active, singular (MorphGNT 3AAD-S--) — 1 Peter 3:10
παύσῃ
verb, second person, future, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 2FMI-S--) — Acts 13:10
παύσονται
verb, third person, future, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FMI-P--) — 1 Corinthians 13:8
πέπαυται
verb, third person, perfect, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3XMI-S--) — 1 Peter 4:1

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: παυω.