- 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 15 • cease, 4 Act 13:10; 1 Corinthians 13:8; Eph 1:16; Colossians 1:9 • ceased, 7 Luke 8:24; Luke 11:1; Act 5:42; Act 20:1; Act 20:31; Hebrews 10:2; 1 Peter 4:1 • ceaseth, 1 Act 6:13 • left, 2 Luke 5:4; Act 21:32 • refrain, 1 1 Peter 3:10