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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 4 times in 4 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:5 - “As for them, whether they listen or [fn]not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:7 - “But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or [fn]not, for they are rebellious.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:11 - “[fn]Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or [fn]not, ‘This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:27 - “But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord [fn]GOD says:’ The one who hears, let him hear; and the one who refuses, let him refuse H2308; for they are a rebellious house.
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