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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 58 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 - And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and he hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - And if thou see thine enemy's ass fallen under its burden, thou shalt not pass by it, but shalt help to raise it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - And whatsoever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey, and shall fail to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its season: that man shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - (LXX 23:23) But if thou shouldest be unwilling to vow, it is not sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be [fn]promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig-tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days; and the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we yet again go forth to fight with our brethren the sons of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up, to-morrow I will give them into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - And when they came to Siph, then Saul said to his young man that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the asses, and take care for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and shew you the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give it into the hands of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall [fn]deliver it into the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God shall deliver it into the hands of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And he came to the king, and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up, and thou shalt prosper, and they shall be given into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king's counsellor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Juda? I am not come to-day to war against thee; and God has told me to hasten: beware of the God that is with me, lest he destroy thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, though as a hireling.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - (LXX 35:4) The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - (LXX 48:9) or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - (LXX 47:4) Behold, I have loosed thee from the manacles that were upon thine hands. If it seem good to thee to go with me to Babylon, then will I set mine eyes upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - (LXX 48:8) But ten men were found there, and they said to Ismael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - (LXX 51:18) But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - (LXX 28:30) The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken.

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