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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 dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph stored up grain in great abundance, like the sand of the sea, until he ceased to measure 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 have gone out of 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 that the earth is the LORD’s.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and stretched out his hands to the LORD, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this what we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the LORD’s offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - But if you refrain from vowing, you will not be guilty of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The villagers ceased in Israel;
they ceased to be until I arose;
I, Deborah, arose as 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, ‘Shall I leave my abundance, by which gods and men are honored, and go hold sway 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, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go hold sway over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men and go hold sway over the trees?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged on you, and after that I will quit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?” And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant[fn] who was with him, “Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

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, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and he lived 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 shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the LORD will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And when Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and triumph; they will be given into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war. And God has commanded me to hurry. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave 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?
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - look away from him and leave him alone,[fn]
that he may enjoy, like a hired hand, 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, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My relatives have failed me,
my close friends have forgotten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - for the ransom of their life is costly
and can never suffice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease to hear instruction, my son,
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 toil to acquire wealth;
be discerning enough to desist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
cease to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - Stop regarding man
in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of the tambourines is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But since we left off making offerings 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 Box Jer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The warriors of Babylon have ceased fighting;
they remain in their strongholds;
their strength has failed;
they have become women;
her dwellings are on fire;
her bars are broken.

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