Lexicon :: Strong's H2308 - ḥāḏal

So from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Abraham and Sarah were old and getting on in years.[fn] Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance ​— ​like the sand of the sea ​— ​that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth[fn] belongs to the LORD.

Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.

“Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.[fn]

“But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

“For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.’

“But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael,

the main roads were deserted

because travelers kept to the side roads.

But the olive tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving my oil

that people use to honor both God and men,

and rule[fn] over the trees? ”

But the fig tree said to them,

“Should I stop giving

my sweetness and my good fruit,

and rule over trees? ”

But the grapevine said to them,

“Should I stop giving my wine

that cheers both God and man,

and rule over trees? ”

Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.”

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving before it. The Israelites asked, “Should we again fight against our brothers the Benjaminites or should we stop? ”

The LORD answered, “Fight, because I will hand them over to you tomorrow.”

When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped talking to her.

Those who are full hire themselves out for food,

but those who are starving hunger no more.

The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,

but the woman with many sons pines away.

When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

“As for me, I vow that I will not sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. I will teach you the good and right way.

So David and his men, numbering about six hundred, left Keilah at once and moved from place to place. When it was reported to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he called off the expedition.

When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stayed in Tirzah.

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ”

They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

So he went to the king, and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war, or should we refrain? ”

Micaiah told him, “March up and succeed. The LORD will hand it over to the king.”

When Baasha heard about it, he quit building Ramah and stopped his work.

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ”

They replied, “March up, and God will hand it over to the king.”

So he went to the king, and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war, or should I[fn] refrain? ”

Micaiah said, “March up and succeed, for they will be handed over to you.”

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life? ”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah? I have not come against you today[fn] but I am fighting another dynasty.[fn] God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don’t make him destroy you! ”

There the wicked cease to make trouble,

and there the weary find rest.

I give up! I will not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.[fn]

“Are my days not few? Stop it![fn]

Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

look away from him and let him rest

so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.

If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,

and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?

My relatives stop coming by,

and my close friends have forgotten me.

The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive;

he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

since the price of redeeming him is too costly,

one should forever stop trying[fn] —

When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,

but the one who controls his lips is prudent.

If you stop listening to correction, my son,

you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;

because you know better, stop!

“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.

Remove your evil deeds from my sight.

Stop doing evil.

Put no more trust in a mere human,

who has only the breath in his nostrils.

What is he really worth?

The joyful tambourines have ceased.

The noise of the jubilant has stopped.

The joyful lyre has ceased.

“Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther.[fn] Look ​— ​the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.”

However, there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Don’t kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field ​— ​wheat, barley, oil, and honey! ” So he stopped and did not kill them along with their companions.

“but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”

Babylon’s warriors have stopped fighting;

they sit in their strongholds.

Their might is exhausted;

they have become like women.

Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,

her gate bars are shattered.