Noah Webster's 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.

Multi-Version 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)