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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 face of the whole earth; and they stopped H2308 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 age; Sarah was past H2308 [fn]childbearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Thus Joseph stored up grain [fn]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped H2308 [fn]measuring it, for it was [fn]beyond measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my [fn]hands to the LORD; the [fn]thunder will cease H2308 and there will be hail no longer, 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 spread out his [fn]hands to the LORD; and the [fn]thunder and the hail ceased, H2308 and rain [fn]no longer poured on 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 [fn]thunder had ceased, H2308 he sinned again and [fn]hardened his heart, he and his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave H2308 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 helpless under its load, you shall refrain H2308 from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - ‘But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet [fn]neglects H2308 to observe the Passover, that [fn]person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not present the offering of the LORD at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - “For the poor will never cease H2308 to be [fn]in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - “However, if you refrain H2308 from vowing, it would not be sin in you.

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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 highways [fn]were deserted, H2308
And travelers [fn]went by [fn]roundabout ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - “The peasantry ceased, H2308 they ceased H2308 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, ‘Shall I leave H2308 my fatness with [fn]which God and men are honored, 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, ‘Shall I leave H2308 my sweetness and my good [fn]fruit, and go to wave 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 H2308 my new wine, which cheers God and men, 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, “Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit.” H2308

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, Aaron’s son, stood before it to minister in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?” H2308 And the LORD said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she [fn]said no H2308 more to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - “Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease H2308 to hunger.
Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But she who has many children languishes.

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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 who was with him, “Come, and let us return, or else my father will cease H2308 to be concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious for 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 H2308 to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he [fn]gave H2308 up the pursuit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha heard of it, he ceased H2308 [fn]fortifying Ramah and remained 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 against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” H2308 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 - When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” H2308 And he [fn]answered him, “Go up and succeed, and 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 - When Baasha heard of it, he ceased H2308 [fn]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?” H2308 And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - When he came to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” H2308 He said, “Go up and succeed, for they will be given into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - As he was talking with him, [fn]the king said to him, “Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! H2308 Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped H2308 and said, “I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What have we to do 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 H2308 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 Box Job 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - “There the wicked cease H2308 from raging,
And there the [fn]weary are at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - “I [fn]waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave H2308 me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - “Would He not let H2308 my few days alone? H2308
[fn]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 - “Turn Your gaze from him that he may [fn]rest, H2308
Until he [fn]fulfills his day like a hired man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not [fn]fail. H2308

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - “If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold H2308 back, H2308 what has left me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - “My relatives have failed, H2308
And my intimate 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 wickedness and deceit;
He has ceased H2308 to [fn]be wise and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - For the redemption of [fn]his soul is costly,
And he should cease H2308 trying forever—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, H2308
But he who restrains his lips is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease H2308 listening, my son, to 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 to gain wealth,
Cease H2308 from your [fn]consideration of it.

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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 My sight.
Cease H2308 to do evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - [fn]Stop H2308 regarding H2308 man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;
For [fn]why should he be esteemed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The gaiety of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops, H2308
The gaiety of the harp ceases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - “But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If [fn]you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will [fn]look after you; but if [fn]you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, [fn]never H2308 mind. H2308 Look, the whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field.” So he refrained H2308 and did not put them to death along with their companions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - “But since we stopped H2308 burning [fn]sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have [fn]met our end by the sword and by famine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have ceased H2308 fighting,
They stay in the strongholds;
Their strength is [fn]exhausted,
They are becoming like women;
Their dwelling places are set on fire,
The bars of her gates are broken.

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