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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 - So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off H2308 to build the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased H2308 to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left H2308 numbering; for it was without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, H2308 neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, H2308 and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, H2308 he sinned yet more, and hardened 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 that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, H2308 that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear H2308 to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth H2308 to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For the poor shall never cease H2308 out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:22 - But if thou shalt forbear H2308 to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, H2308 and the travellers walked through byways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:7 - The inhabitants of the villages ceased, H2308 they ceased H2308 in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave H2308 my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:11 - But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake H2308 my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - And the vine said unto them, Should I leave H2308 my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:7 - And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. H2308

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? H2308 And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left H2308 speaking unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: H2308 so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:5 - And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave H2308 caring for the asses, and take thought for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing H2308 to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare H2308 to go forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off H2308 building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? H2308 And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? H2308 And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off H2308 building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? H2308 And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:14 - And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? H2308 And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; H2308 why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, H2308 and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear H2308 thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:17 - There the wicked cease H2308 from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; H2308 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 H2308 H2308 then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Turn from him, that he may rest, H2308 till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. H2308

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, H2308 what am I eased?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:14 - My kinsfolk have failed, H2308 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 hath left off H2308 to be wise, and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:8 - (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth H2308 for ever:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - In the multitude of words there wanteth H2308 not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease, H2308 my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour not to be rich: cease H2308 from thine own wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:16 - Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease H2308 to do evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:22 - Cease H2308 ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:8 - The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, H2308 the joy of the harp ceaseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:4 - And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: H2308 behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, H2308 and slew them not among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But since we left off H2308 to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn H2308 to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

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