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Refrain

Refrain "to stop," is used in the Active Voice in the sense of "making to cease, restraining" in 1Pe 3:10, of causing the tongue to refrain from evil; elsewhere in the Middle Voice, see CEASE, No. 1. "to cause...

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Refrain <1,,3973, pauo>

"to stop," is used in the Active Voice in the sense of "making to cease, restraining" in 1Pe 3:10, of causing the tongue to refrain from evil; elsewhere in the Middle Voice, see CEASE, No. 1.

<2,,868, aphistemi>

"to cause to depart," is used intransitively, in the sense of "departing from, refraining from," Act 5:38. See DEPART, No. 20.

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