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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 the LORD H3068 scattered H6327 them abroad from there H8033 over H5921 the face H6440 of all H3605 the earth H776; and they stopped H2308 building H1129 the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 were old H2205, advanced H935 in age H3117; Sarah H8283 was past H2308 [fn]childbearing H734 H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Joseph H3130 stored H6651 up H6651 grain H1250 [fn]in great H3966 abundance H3966 like the sand H2344 of the sea H3220, until H5704 H3588 he stopped H2308 [fn]measuring H5608 it, for it was [fn]beyond H369 measure H4557.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - Moses H4872 said H559 to him, “As soon as I go H3318 out H3318 of the city H5892, I will spread H6566 out H6566 my [fn]hands H3709 to the LORD H3068; the [fn]thunder H6963 will cease H2308 and there will no H3808 longer H5750 be hail H1259, so H4616 that H4616 you may know H3045 that the earth H776 is the LORD’S H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses H4872 left H3318 the city H5892 from his meeting with Pharaoh H6547, and spread H6566 out H6566 his [fn]hands H3709 to the LORD H3068; and the [fn]thunder H6963 and the hail H1259 stopped H2308, and rain H4306 [fn]no H3808 longer poured H5413 on the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh H6547 saw H7200 that the rain H4306 and the hail H1259 and the [fn]thunder H6963 had stopped H2308, he sinned H2398 again H3254 and [fn]hardened H3513 his heart H3820, he and his servants H5650.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this H2088 not the word H1697 that we spoke H1696 to you in Egypt H4714, saying H559, ‘[fn]Leave H2308 us alone H4480 so that we may serve H5647 the Egyptians H4714’? For it would have been better H2896 for us to serve H5647 the Egyptians H4714 than H4480 to die H4191 in the wilderness H4057!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - “If H3588 you see H7200 the donkey H2543 of one who hates H8130 you lying H7257 helpless under H8478 its load H4853, you shall not leave H5800 it helpless for [fn]its owner; you must H5800 arrange H5800 the load with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - ‘But the person H376 who H834 is clean H2889 and is not on a journey H1870, yet refrains H2308 from celebrating H6213 the Passover H6453, that [fn]person H5315 shall then be cut H3772 off H3772 from his people H5971, because H3588 he did not present H7126 the offering H7133 of the LORD H3068 at its appointed H4150 time H4150. That person H376 will bear H5375 the responsibility for his sin H2399.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - “For the poor H34 will not cease H2308 [fn]to exist in the land H776; therefore H5921 H3651 I am commanding H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall fully H6605 open H6605 your hand H3027 to your brother H251, to your needy H6041 and poor H34 in your land H776.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - “However, if H3588 you refrain H2308 from making H5087 vows H5087, it will not be a sin H2399 [fn]for you.
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 roads H734 [fn]were H2308 deserted H2308,

And travelers H1980 H5410 went H1980 by [fn]roundabout H6128 ways H734.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 -

“The [fn]peasantry H6520 came H2308 to H2308 an H2308 end H2308, they came H2308 to H2308 an H2308 end H2308 in Israel H3478,

Until H5704 I, Deborah H1683, arose H6965,

Until I arose H6965, a mother H517 in Israel H3478.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive H2132 tree H2132 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my fatness H1880 with [fn]which H834 God H430 and mankind H376 are honored H3513, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - “But the fig H8384 tree H8384 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my sweetness H4987 and my good H2896 [fn]fruit H8570, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “But the vine H1612 said H559 to them, ‘Shall I give H2308 up H2308 my new H8492 wine H8492, which cheers H8055 God H430 and mankind H376, and go H1980 to wave H5128 over H5921 the trees H6086?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to them, “If H518 this H2088 is how you act H6213, I will certainly H3588 H518 take H5358 revenge H5358 on you, and only after H310 that will I stop H2308.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas H6372 the son H1121 of Eleazar H499, Aaron’s H175 son H1121, stood H5975 before H6440 it to minister in those H1992 days H3117), saying H559, “Shall I yet H5750 again H3254 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of my brother H251 Benjamin H1144, or H518 shall I stop H2308?” And the LORD H3068 said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, for tomorrow H4279 I will hand H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When she saw H7200 that she was H553 determined H553 to go H1980 with her, she stopped H2308 speaking H1696 to her about it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 -

“Those who were full H7649 hire H7936 themselves out H7936 for bread H3899,

But those who were hungry H7457 cease H2308 to be hungry.

Even H5704 the infertile H6135 woman H6135 gives H3205 birth H3205 to seven H7651,

But she who has many H7227 children H1121 languishes H535.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 -

When they came H935 to the land H776 of Zuph H6689, Saul H7586 said H559 to his servant H5288 who H834 was with him, “Come H1980, and let’s return H7725, or H6435 else H6435 my father H1 will stop H2308 being concerned about H4480 the donkeys H860 and will become H1672 anxious H1672 about us.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Furthermore H1571, as for me, far H2486 be it from me that I would sin H2398 against the LORD H3068 by ceasing H2308 to pray H6419 for you; but I will instruct H3384 you in the good H2896 and right H3477 way H1870.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David H1732 and his men H376, about six H8337 hundred H3967, rose H6965 up H6965 and departed H3318 from Keilah H7084, and they went H1980 wherever H834 they could go H1980. When it was reported H5046 to Saul H7586 that David H1732 had escaped H4422 from Keilah H7084, he gave H2308 up H2308 [fn]the pursuit H3318.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - When Baasha H1201 heard H8085 about it, he stopped H2308 [fn]fortifying H1129 Ramah H7414 and remained H3427 in Tirzah H8656.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 assembled H6908 the [fn]prophets H5030, about four H702 hundred H3967 men H376, and said H559 to them, “Should I go H1980 to battle H4421 against H5921 Ramoth-gilead H7433 or H518 should I refrain H2308?” And they said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, for the Lord H136 will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to the king H4428.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 -

When he came H935 to the king H4428, the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Micaiah H4321, should we go H1980 to battle H4421 against H413 Ramoth-gilead H7433, or H518 should we refrain H2308?” And he said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927 and succeed H6743, for the LORD H3068 will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to the king H4428!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - When Baasha H1201 heard H8085 about it, he stopped H2308 [fn]fortifying H1129 Ramah H7414 and put H7673 an H7673 end H7673 to H7673 his work H4399.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - So the king H4428 of Israel H3478 assembled H6908 the [fn]prophets H5030, four H702 hundred H3967 men H376, and said H559 to them, “Should we go H1980 to battle H4421 against H413 Ramoth-gilead H7433, or H518 should I refrain H2308?” And they said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927, for God H430 will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to the king H4428.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 -

When he came H935 to the king H4428, the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Micaiah H4318, should we go H1980 to battle H4421 against H413 Ramoth-gilead H7433, or H518 should I refrain H2308?” He said H559, “Go H5927 up H5927 and succeed H6743, for they will be handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - As he was talking H1696 with him, [fn]the king said H559 to him, “Have we appointed H5414 you to be a royal H4428 counselor H3289? Stop H2308! Why H4100 should [fn]you be put H5221 to H5221 death H5221?” Then the prophet H5030 stopped H2308 and said H559, “I know H3045 that God H430 has planned H3289 to destroy H7843 you, because H3588 you have done H6213 this H2088 and have not listened H8085 to my counsel H6098.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But [fn]Neco sent H7971 messengers H4397 to him, saying H559, “[fn]What H4100 business do you have with me, King H4428 of Judah H3063? I am not coming against H5921 you today H3117, but against H413 the house H1004 with which I am at war H4421, and God H430 has told H559 me to hurry H926. For your own sake, stop H2308 interfering with God H430 who H834 is with me, so that He does not destroy H7843 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 -

“There H8033 the wicked H7563 cease H2308 from raging H7267,

And there H8033 the [fn]weary H3019 are H5117 at H5117 rest H5117.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 -

“I [fn]waste H3988 away H3988; I will not live H2421 forever H5769.

Leave H2308 me alone H4480, for my days H3117 are only a breath H1892.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 -

“Would He not leave H2308 my few H4592 days H3117 alone H2308?

[fn]Withdraw H7896 from me so that I may have H1082 a little H4592 cheerfulness H1082

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 -

“Look H8159 away H8159 from him so that he may [fn]rest H2308,

Until H5704 he [fn]fulfills H7521 his day H3117 like a hired H7916 worker H7916.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 -

“For there H3426 is H3426 hope H8615 for a tree H6086,

When H518 it is cut H3772 down H3772, that it will sprout H2498 again H5750,

And its shoots H3127 will not [fn]fail H2308.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 -

“If H518 I speak H1696, my pain H3511 is not lessened H2820,

And if I refrain H2308, what H4100 pain leaves H1980 me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 -

“My relatives H7138 have failed H2308,

And my close H3045 friends H3045 have forgotten H7911 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -

The words H1697 of his mouth H6310 are wickedness H205 and deceit H4820;

He has ceased H2308 to [fn]be H7919 wise H7919 and to do H3190 good H3190.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 -

For the redemption H6306 of [fn]his soul H5315 is H3365 priceless H3365,

And he should cease H2308 imagining forever H5769

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 -

When there are many H7230 words H1697, wrongdoing H6588 is unavoidable H2308 H3808,

But one who restrains H2820 his lips H8193 is wise H7919.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 -

Stop H2308 listening H8085, my son H1121, to discipline H4148,

And you will stray H7686 from the words H561 of knowledge H1847.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 -

Do not weary H3021 yourself to gain H6238 wealth H6238;

[fn]Stop H2308 dwelling H998 on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 -

“Wash H7364 yourselves, make H2135 yourselves clean H2135;

Remove H5493 the evil H7455 of your deeds H4611 from My sight H5048 H5869.

Stop H2308 doing H7489 evil H7489,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 -

[fn]Take H2308 no H2308 account H2308 of man H120, whose H834 breath H5397 of life is in his nostrils H639;

For [fn]why H4100 should he be esteemed H2803?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 -

The joy H4885 of tambourines H8596 ceases H7673,

The noise H7588 of revelers H5947 stops H2308,

The joy H4885 of the harp H3658 ceases H7673.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - “But now H6258, behold H2009, I am setting H6605 you free H6605 today H3117 from the chains H246 that are on your hands H3027. If H518 [fn]you would prefer H2896 H5869 to come H935 with me to Babylon H894, come H935 along, and I will [fn]look H7760 H5869 after H5921 you; but if H518 [fn]you would prefer H7489 H5869 not H7489 to come H935 with me to Babylon H894, [fn]do H2308 not H2308 come. Look H7200, the whole H3605 land H776 is before H6440 you; go H1980 wherever H8033 it seems good H2896 and right H3477 for you to go H1980.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten H6235 men H376 who were found H4672 among them said H559 to Ishmael H3458, “Do not put H4191 us to H4191 death H4191, for we have H3426 supplies H4301 of wheat H2406, barley H8184, oil H8081, and honey H1706 hidden H4301 in the field H7704.” So he refrained H2308 and did not put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191 along H8432 with their companions H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - “But since H4480 H227 we stopped H2308 burning H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to the queen H4446 of heaven H8064 and pouring H5258 out H5258 drink H5262 offerings H5262 to her, we have lacked H2637 everything H3605, and have met H8552 our end H8552 by the sword H2719 and by famine H7458.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 -

The warriors H1368 of Babylon H894 have ceased H2308 fighting H3898,

They stay H3427 in the strongholds H4679;

Their strength H1369 is [fn]exhausted H5405,

They are becoming H1961 like women H802;

Their homes H4908 are set H3341 on H3341 fire H3341,

The bars H1280 of her gates are broken H7665.


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