Dictionary entry

παύω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

παύω,

[in LXX for כּלה pi., etc.;]

to make to cease, restrain, hinder: c. acc. rei, seq. ἀπό, I Pe 3:10(LXX). Mid., to cease, leave off: Lk 8:2411:1, Ac 20:1, I Co 13:8; c. ptcp., Lk 5:4, Ac 5:426:1313:1020:3121:32, Eph 1:16, Col 1:9, He 10:2; c. gen., ἀμαρτίας, I Pe 4:1 (WH, mg., R, txt.); c. dat., I Pe 4:1 (WH, txt., R, mg.).†