Refrain

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1pauoG3973

"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.

2aphistemiG868

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