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Lexicon :: Strong's H2308 - ḥāḏal

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:8 - So H6327 the LORD H3068 scattered H6327 them H853 abroad H6327 from thence H8033 upon H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth: H776 and they left off H2308 to build H1129 the city. H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 were old H2205 and well stricken H935 in age; H3117 and it ceased H2308 to be H1961 with Sarah H8283 after the manner H734 of women. H802
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And H6651 Joseph H3130 gathered H6651 corn H1250 as the sand H2344 of the sea, H3220 very H3966 much, H7235 until H5704 he left H2308 numbering; H5608 for H3588 it was without H369 number. H4557
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And H559 Moses H4872 said H559 unto him, H413 As soon as I am gone out H3318 of the city, H5892 I will spread abroad H6566 my hands H3709 unto H413 the LORD; H3068 and the thunder H6963 shall cease, H2308 neither H3808 shall there be H1961 any more H5750 hail; H1259 that H4616 thou mayest know H3045 how that H3588 the earth H776 is the LORD'S. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And H3318 Moses H4872 went out H3318 of the city H5892 from H5973 Pharaoh, H6547 and spread abroad H6566 his hands H3709 unto H413 the LORD: H3068 and H2308 the thunders H6963 and hail H1259 ceased,  H2308 and the rain H4306 was H5413 not H3808 poured H5413 upon the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when H7200 Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 that H3588 the rain H4306 and the hail H1259 and the thunders H6963 were ceased, H2308 he H3254 sinned H2398 yet more, H3254 and hardened H3513 his heart, H3820 he H1931 and his servants. H5650
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not H3808 this H2088 the word H1697 that H834 we did tell H1696 thee H413 in Egypt, H4714 saying, H559 Let H2308 us H4480 alone,  H2308 that we may serve H5647 the Egyptians? H4713 For H3588 it had been better H2896 for us to serve H5647 the Egyptians, H4713 than that we should die H4191 in the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If H3588 thou see H7200 the ass H2543 of him that hateth thee H8130 lying H7257 under H8478 his burden, H4853 and wouldest forbear H2308 to help H5800 him, thou shalt H5800 surely H5800 help H5800 with him. H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - But the man H376 that H834 is clean, H2889 and H1870 is H1961 not H3808 in a journey, H1870 and forbeareth H2308 to keep H6213 the passover, H6453 even H3772 the same H1931 soul H5315 shall be cut off H3772 from among his people: H5971 because H3588 he brought H7126 not H3808 the offering H7133 of the LORD H3068 in his appointed season, H4150 that H1931 man H376 shall bear H5375 his sin. H2399
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For H3588 the poor H34 shall H2308 never H3808 cease  H2308 out of H7130 the land: H776 therefore H5921 H3651 I H595 command thee, H6680 saying, H559 Thou shalt open H6605 thine hand H3027 wide H6605 unto thy brother, H251 to thy poor, H6041 and to thy needy, H34 in thy land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - But if H3588 thou shalt forbear H2308 to vow, H5087 it shall be H1961 no H3808 sin H2399 in thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days H3117 of Shamgar H8044 the son H1121 of Anath, H6067 in the days H3117 of Jael, H3278 the highways H734 were unoccupied, H2308 and the travellers H1980 H5410 walked through H3212 byways. H734 H6128
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The inhabitants of the villages H6520 ceased, H2308 they ceased H2308 in Israel, H3478 until that H5704 I H6965 Deborah H1683 arose, H6965 that I arose H6965 a mother H517 in Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But H559 the olive tree H2132 said H559 unto them, Should I leave H2308 my fatness, H1880 wherewith H834 by me they honour H3513 God H430 and man, H376 and go H1980 to be promoted H5128 over H5921 the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But H559 the fig tree H8384 said H559 unto them, Should I forsake H2308 my sweetness, H4987 and H853 my H8570 good H2896 fruit, H8570 and go H1980 to be promoted H5128 over H5921 the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And H559 the vine H1612 said H559 unto them, Should I leave H2308 my wine, H8492 which cheereth H8055 God H430 and man, H376 and go H1980 to be promoted H5128 over H5921 the trees? H6086
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And H559 Samson H8123 said H559 unto them, Though H518 ye have done H6213 this, H2063 yet H3588 will I be avenged H5358 of you, H859 and after that H310 I will cease. H2308
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - And Phinehas, H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar, H499 the son H1121 of Aaron, H175 stood H5975 before it H6440 in H3117 those H1992 days,) H3117 saying, H559 Shall I H3254 yet H5750 again H3254 go out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 my brother, H251 or H518 shall I cease? H2308 And H559 the LORD H3068 said, H559 Go up; H5927 for H3588 to morrow H4279 I will deliver them H5414 into thine hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When she saw H7200 that H3588 she H1931 was stedfastly minded H553 to go H3212 with her, H854 then she left H2308 speaking H1696 unto her. H413
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full H7649 have hired out themselves H7936 for bread; H3899 and they that were hungry H7457 ceased: H2308 so that H5704 the barren H6135 hath born H3205 seven; H7651 and she that hath many H7227 children H1121 is waxed feeble. H535
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - And when H935 they H1992 were come H935 to the land H776 of Zuph, H6689 Saul H7586 said H559 to his servant H5288 that H834 was with him, H5973 Come, H3212 and let us return; H7725 lest H6435 my father H1 leave H2308 caring for H4480 the asses, H860 and take thought H1672 for us.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover H1571 as for me, H595 God forbid H2486 that I should sin H2398 against the LORD H3068 in ceasing H2308 to pray H6419 for you: H1157 but I will teach H3384 you H853 the good H2896 and the right H3477 way: H1870
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then H6965 David H1732 and his men, H376 which were about six H8337 hundred, H3967 arose H6965 and departed H3318 out of Keilah, H7084 and went H1980 whithersoever H834 they could go. H1980 And H7586 it was told H5046 Saul H7586 that H3588 David H1732 was escaped H4422 from Keilah; H7084 and he forbare H2308 to go forth. H3318
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 Baasha H1201 heard H8085 thereof, that he left off H2308 building H1129 of Ramah, H7414 and dwelt H3427 in Tirzah. H8656
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then H6908 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 gathered H6908 the prophets H5030 together, H6908 about four H702 hundred H3967 men, H376 and said H559 unto them, H413 Shall I go H3212 against H5921 Ramothgilead H7433 H1568 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I forbear? H2308 And they said, H559 Go up; H5927 for H5414 the Lord H136 shall deliver H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - So he came H935 to H413 the king. H4428 And H559 the king H4428 said H559 unto him, H413 Micaiah, H4321 shall we go H3212 against H413 Ramothgilead H7433 H1568 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall we forbear? H2308 And he answered H559 him, H413 Go, H5927 and prosper: H6743 for H5414 the LORD H3068 shall deliver H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 Baasha H1201 heard H8085 it, that he left off H2308 building H1129 of Ramah, H7414 and let H7673 his work H4399 cease. H7673
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Therefore H6908 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 gathered together H6908 of prophets H5030 four H702 hundred H3967 men, H376 and said H559 unto them, H413 Shall we go H3212 to H413 Ramothgilead H7433 H1568 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I forbear? H2308 And they said, H559 Go up; H5927 for H5414 God H430 will deliver H5414 it into H3027 the king's H4428 hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And when he was come H935 to H413 the king, H4428 the king H4428 said H559 unto him, H413 Micaiah, H4318 shall we go H3212 to H413 Ramothgilead H7433 H1568 to battle, H4421 or H518 shall I forbear? H2308 And he said, H559 Go ye up, H5927 and prosper, H6743 and they shall be delivered H5414 into your hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it came to pass, H1961 as he talked H1696 with him, H413 that the king said H559 unto him, Art thou made H5414 of the king's H4428 counsel? H3289 forbear; H2308 why H4100 shouldest H5221 thou be smitten? H5221 Then H2308 the prophet H5030 forbare,  H2308 and said, H559 I know H3045 that H3588 God H430 hath determined H3289 to destroy thee, H7843 because H3588 thou hast done H6213 this, H2063 and H3808 hast H8085 not H3808 hearkened H8085 unto my counsel. H6098
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent H7971 ambassadors H4397 to him, H413 saying, H559 What H4100 have I to do with thee, thou king H4428 of Judah? H3063 I come not H3808 against H5921 thee H859 this day, H3117 but H3588 against H413 the house H1004 wherewith I have war: H4421 for God H430 commanded H559 me to make haste: H926 forbear H2308 thee from meddling with God, H430 who H834 is with me, H5973 that H408 he destroy thee H7843 not. H408
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - There H8033 the wicked H7563 cease H2308 from troubling; H7267 and there H8033 the weary H3019 H3581 be at rest. H5117
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe H3988 it; I would H2421 not H3808 live H2421 alway: H5769 let H2308 me H4480 alone;  H2308 for H3588 my days H3117 are vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not H3808 my days H3117 few? H4592 cease H2308 then, and let H7896 me H4480 alone, H7896 that I may take comfort H1082 a little, H4592
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Turn H8159 from him, H5921 that he may rest, H2308 till H5704 he shall accomplish, H7521 as an hireling, H7916 his day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For H3588 there is H3426 hope H8615 of a tree, H6086 if H518 it be cut down, H3772 that H5750 it will sprout H2498 again, H5750 and that the tender branch thereof H3127 will H2308 not H3808 cease.  H2308
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - Though H518 I speak, H1696 my grief H3511 is H2820 not H3808 asswaged: H2820 and though I forbear, H2308 what H4100 am H1980 I H4480 eased? H1980
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My kinsfolk H7138 have failed, H2308 and my familiar friends H3045 have forgotten me. H7911
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words H1697 of his mouth H6310 are iniquity H205 and deceit: H4820 he hath left off H2308 to be wise, H7919 and to do good. H3190
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - (For H3365 the redemption H6306 of their soul H5315 is precious, H3365 and it ceaseth H2308 for ever:) H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - In the multitude H7230 of words H1697 there wanteth H2308 not H3808 sin: H6588 but he that refraineth H2820 his lips H8193 is wise. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease, H2308 my son, H1121 to hear H8085 the instruction H4148 that causeth to err H7686 from the words H561 of knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour H3021 not H408 to be rich: H6238 cease H2308 from thine own wisdom. H998
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, H7364 make you clean; H2135 put away H5493 the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 from before H5048 mine eyes; H5869 cease H2308 to do evil; H7489
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - Cease H2308 ye from H4480 man, H120 whose H834 breath H5397 is in his nostrils: H639 for H3588 wherein H4100 is H2803 he H1931 to be accounted of? H2803
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth H4885 of tabrets H8596 ceaseth, H7673 the noise H7588 of them that rejoice H5947 endeth, H2308 the joy H4885 of the harp H3658 ceaseth. H7673
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - And now, H6258 behold, H2009 I loose thee H6605 this day H3117 from H4480 the chains H246 which H834 were upon H5921 thine hand. H3027 If H518 it seem H5869 good H2896 unto thee H5869 to come H935 with me H854 into Babylon, H894 come; H935 and I will look well H7760 H853 H5869 unto thee: H5921 but if H518 it seem ill H7489 H5869 unto thee H7489 to come H935 with me H854 into Babylon, H894 forbear: H2308 behold, H7200 all H3605 the land H776 is before thee: H6440 whither H413 it seemeth H5869 good H2896 and H413 convenient H3477 for thee H5869 to go, H3212 thither H8033 go. H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten H6235 men H376 were found H4672 among them that said H559 unto H413 Ishmael, H3458 Slay us H4191 not: H408 for H3588 we have H3426 treasures H4301 in the field, H7704 of wheat, H2406 and of barley, H8184 and of oil, H8081 and of honey. H1706 So he forbare, H2308 and H3808 slew them H4191 not H3808 among H8432 their brethren. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But H4480 since H227 we left off H2308 to burn incense H6999 to the queen H4446 of heaven, H8064 and to pour out H5258 drink offerings H5262 unto her, we have wanted H2637 all H3605 things, and H2719 have been consumed H8552 by the sword H2719 and by the famine. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men H1368 of Babylon H894 have forborn H2308 to fight, H3898 they have remained H3427 in H4679 their holds: H4679 their might H1369 hath failed; H5405 they became H1961 as women: H802 they have burned H3341 her dwellingplaces; H4908 her bars H1280 are broken. H7665

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