H2308 חָדַל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 58 KJV occurrences
חָדַל
châdal · khaw-dal'
Definition
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV Renderings
cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 58)
- Genesis 11:8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
- Exodus 23:5If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
- Judges 9:9But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
- 1 Samuel 9:5And 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 caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
- 2 Chronicles 18:14And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
- Job 14:6Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
- Proverbs 19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- Jeremiah 44:18But since we left off 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.