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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 doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - and Joseph gathereth corn as sand of the sea, multiplying exceedingly, until that he hath ceased to number, for there is no number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses saith unto him, 'At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah -- the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth is Jehovah's;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, from the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - and Pharaoh seeth that the rain hath ceased, and the hail and the voices, and he continueth to sin, and hardeneth his heart, he and his servants;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word which we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving it to it -- thou dost certainly leave it with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - 'And the man who is clean, and hath not been on a journey, and hath ceased to prepare the passover, even that person hath been cut off from his people; because the offering of Jehovah he hath not brought near, in its appointed season, that man doth bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - 'And when thou forbearest to vow, it is not in thee a sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go in crooked ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, 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 saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And the vine saith to them, Have I ceased from my new wine, which is rejoicing gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, 'Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?' And Jehovah saith, 'Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - And she seeth that she is strengthening herself to go with her, and she ceaseth to speak unto her;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - They have come in unto the land of Zuph, and Saul hath said to his young man who is with him, 'Come, and we turn back, lest my father leave off from the asses, and hath been sorrowful for us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - 'I, also, far be it from me to sin against Jehovah, by ceasing to pray for you, and I have directed you in the good and upright way;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - And David riseth -- and his men -- about six hundred men, and they go out from Keilah, and go up and down where they go up and down; and to Saul it hath been declared that David hath escaped from Keilah, and he ceaseth to go out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - and it cometh to pass at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and dwelleth in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - and the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, about four hundred men, and saith unto them, 'Do I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' and they say, 'Go up, and the Lord doth give it into the hand of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, 'Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead, to battle, or do we forbear?' and he saith unto him, 'Go up, and prosper, and Jehovah hath given it into the hand of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it cometh to pass, at Baasha's hearing, that he ceaseth from building Ramah, and letteth his work rest;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - And the king of Israel gathereth the prophets, four hundred men, and saith unto them, 'Do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And they say, 'Go up, and God doth give it into the hand of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And he cometh in unto the king, and the king saith unto him, 'Micaiah, do we go unto Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or do I forbear?' And he saith, 'Go ye up, and prosper, and they are given into your hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, 'For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, 'I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, 'What -- to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who is with me, and He doth not destroy thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease -- what goeth from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - Ceased have my neighbours And my familiar 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 iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased -- to the age.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - Cease for you from man, Whose breath is in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - Ceased hath the joy of tabrets, Ceased hath the noise of exulting ones, Ceased hath the joy of a harp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - 'And now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that are on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land is before thee, whither it be good, and whither it be right in thine eyes to go -- go.' --

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, 'Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - 'And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.

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