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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 - And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth. And they left off building the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph laid up corn as sand of the sea exceeding much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses said to him, When I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Jehovah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not any more poured on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, and he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he, and his bondmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this what we told thee in Egypt, when we said, Let us alone, and we will serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving it to him: thou shalt certainly loosen it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - But a man that is clean, and is not on a journey, and forbeareth to hold the passover, that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples; because he presented not the offering of Jehovah at its set time: that man shall bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - But if thou forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unused, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The villages ceased in Israel, Ceased until that I Deborah arose, That I arose a mother in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave 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 said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Samson said to them, If ye act thus, for a certainty I will avenge myself on you, and then I will cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And Jehovah said, Go up; for to-morrow I will give them into thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are so no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - They had come to the land of Zuph when Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come and let us return; lest my father give up the asses, and be 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 Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he forbore to go forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said to him, Go up, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass when Baasha heard of it, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - And 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 forbear? And they said, Go up, and God will give it into the king's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and they will be given into your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it came to pass as he talked with him, that Amaziah said to him, Hast thou been made the king's counsellor? Forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbore, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has told me to make haste: keep aloof from God who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - (For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression; but he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; -- cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for what account is to be made of him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains that are upon thy hand. If it seem good in thy sight to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will keep mine eye upon thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear. See, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and right in thy sight to go, thither go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbore, and did not kill them among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they are sitting in the fortresses; their might hath failed, they are become as women: they have set her dwelling places on fire; her bars are broken.

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