Bible Dictionary: Pause

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

2. (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspense; doubt.

3. (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.

4. (n.) In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.

5. (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.

6. (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.

7. (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.

8. (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.

9. (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

10. (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

11. (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

Greek

3973. pauo -- to make to cease, hinder
... A primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or intransitively), ie Restrain,
quit, desist, come to an end -- cease, leave, refrain. ... (pause) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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373. anapauo -- to give rest, give intermission from labor, by ...
... 373 (from 303 , ", completing a ," which intensifies 3973 , "pause") -- properly,
to give (experience) ; to (rest) "" (Vine/Unger, White, ). ...
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4875. sunanapauomai -- to lie down to rest with, fig. to be ...
... 4875 (from 4862 , "identified " and 373 , "pause completely") -- properly, , ie
when people enjoy God's which only results from first in the unity of the Spirit ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1824. domi -- cessation, a pause, a quiet, a rest
... 1823, 1824. domi. 1825 . cessation, a pause, a quiet, a rest. Transliteration:
domi Phonetic Spelling: (dem-ee') Short Definition: rest. ...
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1725. dahar -- to rush, dash (of a horse)
... root Definition to rush, dash (of a horse) NASB Word Usage galloping (1). pause.
A primitive root; to curvet or move irregularly -- pause. 1724, 1725. ...
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5542. selah -- to lift up, exalt
... Word Origin from salal Definition to lift up, exalt NASB Word Usage Selah (74).
Selah. From calah; suspension (of music), ie Pause -- Selah. see HEBREW calah. ...
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4709. Mitspah -- the name of several places in Isr.
... (This seems rather to be only an orthographic variation of Mitspeh when "in pause".).
see HEBREW Mitspeh. see HEBREW Mitspeh. 4708, 4709. Mitspah. 4710 . ...
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Library

Psalm 104. The Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
... chide our silence in his praise. PAUSE I. 9 God from his cloudy ... him with vigour
in your hearts. PAUSE II. 13 Behold the stately cedar ...
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Psalm 104 the Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
... creation and providence. LM 8,8,8,8,8,8. The glory of God in creation and
providence. PAUSE I. PAUSE II. PAUSE III. [Note.-This Psalm ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 104 the glory of.htm

The one Thing Needful
... four things. The first is a word of consideration: the disjunctive conjunction,
"but." The Saviour bids us to make a pause. He says ...
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Lessons.
... At the very threshold of this touching story, are we not called on to pause, and
read the uncertainty of earth's best joys and purest happiness; that the ...
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My Brethren.
... Brethren of Him who is at the right hand of God, the upholder and heir of all things!
Pause for a moment, dear reader. ... And again we pause as we write this. ...
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The Rhythm of Life
... flag blown by the breeze floats out in undulations; then the branches oscillate;
then the trees begin to sway; everywhere there is action and pause, the rhythm ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/vii the rhythm of life.htm

The World's Wages to a Prophet
... But there came a momentary pause in the siege, produced by the necessity of an advance
against a relieving army from Egypt, which created fallacious hopes in ...
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Preface to the First Edition.
... I was made to pause in the former undertaking by the lofty sacredness of the subject
and its many difficulties; how much more, then, in the latter! ...
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Psalm 105. Abridged. God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of ...
... 8 Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear: Israel must live
thro' every age, And be th' Almighty's care.]. PAUSE I. ... PAUSE II. ...
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Psalm 148:3. SM Universal Praise.
... 6 By all his works above His honours be exprest; But saints that taste his
saving love Should sing his praises best. PAUSE I. ... PAUSE II. ...
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Thesaurus

Pause (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pause (4 Occurrences). Isaiah 29:9 Pause and wonder! ... Habakkuk
3:3 God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! ...
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Respite (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Temporary intermission of labor, or of any process or operation; interval
of rest; pause; delay. ... 8. (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest. ...
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Check (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To pause; hold back; stop; as, to check the progress
of a mudslide. ... 15. (vi) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. 16. ...
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Selah (76 Occurrences)
... Its meaning is doubtful. Some interpret it as meaning "silence" or "pause;"
others, "end," "a louder strain," "piano," etc. The LXX. ...
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Paulus (1 Occurrence)

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Zared (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ZARED. za'-red (zaredh (in pause)). See ZERED.
Multi-Version Concordance Zared (1 Occurrence). Numbers ...
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Gazer (2 Occurrences)
... (n.) One who gazes. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GAZER. ga'-zer (gazer (in
pause)). See GEZER. Multi-Version Concordance Gazer (2 Occurrences). ...
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Gaba (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GABA. ga'-ba (gabha' (in pause)). See GEBA.
Multi-Version Concordance Gaba (1 Occurrence). Joshua ...
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Intermission (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of
time; a recess; a temporary pause; as, an intermission of ten minutes. ...
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Family (438 Occurrences)
... It is well to pause and look at the grammatical number of the nouns: "a man,"
"his wife." The words of the charter hold the sexes to monogamy. ...
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Bible Concordance

Pause (4 Occurrences)

Isaiah 29:9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
(WEB)

Habakkuk 3:3 God from Teman doth come, The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 3:9 Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes -- saying, 'Pause!' 'With' rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.
(YLT)

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou hast gone forth for the salvation of Thy people, For salvation with Thine anointed, Thou hast smitten the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation unto the neck. Pause!
(YLT)

Subtopics

Pause

Related Terms

Respite (8 Occurrences)

Check (9 Occurrences)

Selah (76 Occurrences)

Paulus (1 Occurrence)

Zared (1 Occurrence)

Gazer (2 Occurrences)

Gaba (1 Occurrence)

Intermission (2 Occurrences)

Family (438 Occurrences)