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Lexicon :: Strong's H2308 - ḥāḏal

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חָדַל
Transliteration
ḥāḏal
Pronunciation
khaw-dal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 609

Strong’s Definitions

חָדַל châdal, khaw-dal'; a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle:—cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x

The KJV translates Strong's H2308 in the following manner: cease (20x), forbear (16x), leave (5x), left off (5x), let...alone (2x), forbare (1x), endeth (1x), failed (1x), forborn (1x), forsake (1x), rest (1x), unoccupied (1x), wanteth (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 59x
The KJV translates Strong's H2308 in the following manner: cease (20x), forbear (16x), leave (5x), left off (5x), let...alone (2x), forbare (1x), endeth (1x), failed (1x), forborn (1x), forsake (1x), rest (1x), unoccupied (1x), wanteth (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cease, come to an end

      2. to cease, leave off

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָדַל châdal, khaw-dal'; a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle:—cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
STRONGS H2308: Abbreviations
† חָדַל verb cease (Sabean חדל be negligent, SabDenkm76) —
Qal Perfect חָדַל Genesis 18:11 + 4 times; וְחָדַל consecutive Numbers 9:13; Psalm 49:9; 2nd person masculine singular וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ Exodus 23:5; plural הָֽדְּלוּ Judges 5:6 + 4 times; חָד֑לּוּ (compare Köi, 243) Judges 5:7; 1 Samuel 2:5; 1st person plural חָדַלְנוּ Jeremiah 44:18; Imperfect יֶחְדַּל Deuteronomy 15:11 + (Job 10:20 Kt יחדל jussive > Qr וַחֲדָ֑ל Imperative); אֶחְדָּ֑ל Judges 15:7 + 3 times; וְאַחְדְּלָה Job 16:6; plural יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ Ezekiel 2:5 + 2 times; יֶחְדָּלוּ֔ן Exodus 9:29; וַיַּחְדְּלוּ Genesis 11:8; Exodus 9:33, נֶחְדָּ֑ל 1 Kings 22:15, etc.; Infinitive construct חֲדֹל 1 Samuel 12:23; Imperative חֲדַל Exodus 14:12 +, etc.; חִדְלוּ Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 2:22; חֲדָ֑לוּ Zechariah 11:22; —
1. cease, come to an end Exodus 9:29, 33, 34 (J), Isaiah 24:8; impersonal חָדַל לִהְיוֺת לְשָׂרָה Genesis 18:11 (J); cease to be Deuteronomy 15:11 (followed by מִן), and in poetry Judges 5:6, 7 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 2:5; Job 14:7; = be lacking, fail Job 19:14; Proverbs 10:19.
2. cease, leave off, followed by infinitive with לְ Genesis 11:8 (J), Genesis 41:49 (E), Numbers 9:13 (P), 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Samuel 23:13; Jeremiah 44:18; Jeremiah 51:30; Deuteronomy 23:23; Psalm 36:4; Proverbs 19:27; Ruth 1:18; infinitive alone Isaiah 1:16; so also Hosea 8:10, where read וְחָֽדְלוּ for וַיָּחֵלּוּ Greek Version of the LXX Che We; followed by infinitive with מִן Exodus 23:5 (JE), 1 Kings 15:21 2 Chronicles 16:5; followed by substantive with מִן (cease regarding) Isaiah 2:22 (but Che Du and others treat see as interpolation; omitted by Greek Version of the LXX), 1 Samuel 9:5; Proverbs 23:4; followed by מֵאלהים 2 Chronicles 35:21, i.e. leave off provoking God; Exodus 14:12 (J), followed by מִמֶּנּו desist from us, let us alone; Job 7:16; followed by accusative Job 3:17 רֹגֶז ח׳; Job 14:6 have rest (i.e. cease from being troubled, see Di; compare Job 14:1); no complem. expressed, cease, forbear Judges 15:7; Judges 20:28; Amos 7:5; 1 Kings 22:6, 15 2 Chronicles 18:5, 14; Jeremiah 40:4; Jeremiah 41:8; Zechariah 11:12; Psalm 49:9; Job 16:6; 2 Chronicles 25:16; specifically of refusal to hear Ezekiel 2:5, 7; Ezekiel 3:11, 27 (all opposed to שָׁמַע).
Hoph. Perfect (contracted) with interrogative particle הֶחֳדַלְתִּי Judges 9:9, 11, 13 should I be made to leave, followed by accusative (compare Köi, 240 ff.); **Job 10:20 (but read here probably יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Bi Bu Du); but perhaps read הֶחָדַלְתִּי,
Qal Perfect Stu Be, compare, for accusative followed by, Job 3:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:8; 11:8; 18:11; 18:11; 41:49

Exodus

9:29; 9:29; 9:33; 9:33; 9:34; 14:12; 14:12; 23:5; 23:5

Numbers

9:13; 9:13

Deuteronomy

15:11; 15:11; 23:23

Judges

5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7; 9:9; 9:11; 9:13; 15:7; 15:7; 20:28

Ruth

1:18

1 Samuel

2:5; 2:5; 9:5; 12:23; 12:23; 23:13

1 Kings

15:21; 22:6; 22:15; 22:15

2 Chronicles

16:5; 18:5; 18:14; 25:16; 35:21

Job

3:17; 3:17; 7:16; 10:20; 10:20; 14:1; 14:6; 14:7; 16:6; 16:6; 19:14

Psalms

36:4; 49:9; 49:9

Proverbs

10:19; 19:27; 23:4

Isaiah

1:16; 1:16; 2:22; 2:22; 24:8

Jeremiah

40:4; 41:8; 44:18; 44:18; 51:30

Ezekiel

2:5; 2:5; 2:7; 3:11; 3:27

Hosea

8:10

Amos

7:5

Zechariah

11:12

H2308

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Strong's Number H2308 matches the Hebrew חָדַל (ḥāḏal),
which occurs 59 times in 56 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 11:8–Jer 51:30)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the surface of the entire earth; and they stopped building the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; she was past [the age of] childbearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Thus Joseph gathered and stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting it, for it could not be measured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - Moses said to him, “As soon as I leave the city, I will stretch out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease and there will be no more hail, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that the earth is the LORD’S.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses left the city and Pharaoh, and stretched out his hands to the LORD; then the [fn]thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, both he and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians [as slaves] than to die in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - “If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall not leave the man to deal with it [alone]; you must help him release the animal [from its burden].

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - ‘But the man who is [ceremonially] clean and is not on a journey, and yet does not observe the Passover, that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them] because he did not bring the LORD’S offering at its appointed time; that man will bear [the penalty of] his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - “For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - “But if you refrain from making a vow, that would not be [counted as] sin in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 -

“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath,

In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted,

And travelers went by roundabout ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 -

“The villagers ceased to be; they ceased in Israel

Until I, Deborah, arose,

Until I arose, a mother in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my fatness by which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - “But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “And the vine replied, ‘Should I give up my new wine, which makes God and men happy, and go to wave over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - Samson said to them, “If this is the way you act, be certain that I will take revenge on you, and [only] after that I will stop.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I quit?” And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 -

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry cease [to hunger].

Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children withers away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 -

When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come, let us return, otherwise my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and left Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha heard about it, he stopped [fn]fortifying Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or should I not?” And they said, “Go up, for the LORD has handed it over to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 -

So when he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead in battle, or shall we not?” And he answered him, “Go up and be successful, for the LORD will hand it over to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - When Baasha heard about it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will hand it over to the king.”

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When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he said, “Go up and succeed, for they will be handed over to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - As he was talking, the king said to him, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has decided to destroy you because you have done this and have ignored my advice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But Neco sent messengers to Josiah, saying, “What business do we have with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 -

“There [in death] the wicked cease from raging,

And there the weary are at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 -

“I waste away and loathe my life; I will not live forever.

Let me alone, for my days are but a breath [futile and without substance].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 -

“Would He not let my few days alone,

Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 -

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,

Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 -

“For there is hope for a tree,

If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,

And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 -

“If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my pain is not relieved;

And if I refrain [from speaking], what [pain or anguish] leaves me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 -

“My relatives have failed [me],

And my intimate friends have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -

The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;

He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 -

For the ransom of his soul is too costly,

And he should cease trying forever—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 -

When there are many words, transgression and offense are unavoidable,

But he who controls his lips and keeps thoughtful silence is wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 -

Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline

And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 -

Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;

Cease from your own understanding of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 -

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;

Get your evil deeds out of My sight.

Stop doing evil,

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Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];

For why should he be esteemed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 -

The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,

The noise of those who rejoice ends,

The joy of the harp ceases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - “But now, listen carefully, [because of your innocence] I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you [carefully]; but if you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, then do not do so. Look, all the land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right (convenient) for you to go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men who were among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us! We have stores of wheat and barley and oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - “But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 -

The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight;

They remain in their strongholds.

Their strength and power have failed;

They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women.

Their dwelling places are set on fire;

The [fn]bars on her gates are broken.


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