Refrain - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Refrain

[ 1,,G3973, pauo ]
to stop," is used in the Active Voice in the sense of "making to cease, restraining" in 1 Peter 3:10, of causing the tongue to refrain from evil; elsewhere in the Middle Voice, See CEASE, No. 1.

[ 2,,G868, aphistemi ]
"to cause to depart," is used intransitively, in the sense of "departing from, refraining from," Acts 5:38. See DEPART, No. 20.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words