Lexical Definition

‎παύω‎ paúō (pow'-o) to cease ^G:V
a primary verb ("pause")

cease, leave, refrain.

• to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end

Abbott-Smith

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 8:24 11:1, Ac 20:1, I Co 13:8; c. ptcp., Lk 5:4, Ac 5:42 6:13 13:10 20:31 21:32, 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.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Rev.14.13}