חָדַל
ḥādal
cease
Strong's H2308VerbHebrewTWOT 609

חָדַל (ḥādal) is a Hebrew verb meaning cease. It appears 59 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2308).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 609)

Range of meaning (TWOT 609)cease; come to an end, leave off; be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle; end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave, let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חָדַל verb: cease

Strong's H2308 חָדַל: properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV:cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

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Genesis 11:8Exodus 9:29Numbers 9:13

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