Strong's Lexicon

H2308

H2308 — חָדַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchadalverbOccurrences: 59TWOT: 609

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2308
Word:חָדַל
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:59
Transliteration:chadal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-dal'
Meaning:1. (properly) to be flabby 2. (by implication) desist 3. (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV Renderings:cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

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חָדַל verb cease (Sabean חדל be negligent, SabDenkm76) —

Qal Perfect חָדַל Gen 18:11 + 4 t.; וְחָדַל consecutive Num 9:13; Ps 49:9 2 masculine singular וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ Exod 23:5 plural הָֽדְּלוּ Judg 5:6 + 4 t.; חָד֑לּוּ (compare Köi, 243) Judg 5:7; 1Sam 2:5 1 plural חָדַלְנוּ Jer 44:18 Imperfect יֶחְדַּל Deut 15:11 + ( Job 10:20 Kt יחדל jussive > Qr וַחֲדָ֑ל Imperative); אֶחְדָּ֑ל Judg 15:7 + 3 t.; וְאַחְדְּלָה Job 16:6 plural יֶחְדָּ֑לוּ Ezek 2:5 + 2 t.; יֶחְדָּלוּ֔ן Exod 9:29 וַיַּחְדְּלוּ Gen 11:8; Exod 9:33, נֶחְדָּ֑ל 1Kgs 22:15, etc.; Infinitive construct חֲדֹל 1Sam 12:23 Imperative חֲדַל Exod 14:12 +, etc.; חִדְלוּ Isa 1:16; Isa 2:22 חֲדָ֑לוּ Zech 11:22 —
1. cease, come to an end Exod 9:29; Exod 9:33; Exod 9:34 ( J ), Isa 24:8 impersonal חָדַל לִהְיוֺת לְשָׂרָה Gen 18:11 ( J ); cease to be Deut 15:11 (followed by מִן), and in poetry Judg 5:6; Judg 5:7 (twice in verse); 1Sam 2:5; Job 14:7 = be lacking, fail Job 19:14; Prov 10:19 .
2. cease, leave off, followed by infinitive with לְ Gen 11:8 ( J ), Gen 41:49 ( E ), Num 9:13 ( P ), 1Sam 12:23; 1Sam 23:13; Jer 44:18; Jer 51:30; Deut 23:23; Ps 36:4; Prov 19:27; Ruth 1:18 infinitive alone Isa 1:16 so also Hos 8:10, where read וְחָֽדְלוּ for וַיָּחֵלּוּ ᵐ5 Che We; followed by infinitive with מִן Exod 23:5 ( J E ), 1Kgs 15:21 = 2Chr 16:5 followed by substantive with מִן (cease regarding) Isa 2:22 (but Che Du and others treat see as interpolation; omitted by ᵐ5 ), 1Sam 9:5 ; Prov 23:4 followed by מֵאלהים 2Chr 35:21 , i.e. leave off provoking God; Exod 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 Judg 15:7; Judg 20:28; Amos 7:5; 1Kgs 22:6; 1Kgs 22:15 = 2Chr 18:5 ; 2Chr 18:14; Jer 40:4; Jer 41:8; Zech 11:12; Ps 49:9; Job 16:6; 2Chr 25:16 specifically of refusal to hear Ezek 2:5; Ezek 2:7; Ezek 3:11; Ezek 3:27 (all opposed to שָׁמַע).
Hoph`al Perfect (contracted) with interrogative particle הֶחֳדַלְתִּי Judg 9:9; Judg 9:11; Judg 9:13 should I be made to leave, followed by accusative (compare Köi, 240 ff.);
Job 10:20 (but read here probably יְמֵי חֶלְדִּי ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Bi Bu Du); but perhaps read הֶחָדַלְתִּי, Qal Perfect Stu Be, compare, for accusative followed by, Job 3:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חדל (gh)

Genesis 18:11

KJV: Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
EHCC: é ceased to be with Sarah

Genesis 41:49

KJV: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Exodus 9:34

KJV: And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
EHCC: hail and the thunders were ceased, |

Exodus 23:5

KJV: If 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.and…: or, wilt thou cease to help him? or, and wouldest cease to leave thy business for him: thou shalt surely leave it to join with him
EHCC: and wouldest forbear to help him, (msrz. |

Numbers 9:13

KJV: But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth 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.
EHCC: and forbeareth to keep the passover,

Judges 6:6

KJV: And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
EHCC: the highways were וקו ססמא |

Judges 9:9

KJV: But 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?go…: or, go up and down for other trees
EHCC: Should Tieave my fatness, .

1 Samuel 2:5

KJV: They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
EHCC: and (they that were) hungry ceard. |

Job 8:17

KJV: His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
EHCC: There the wicked cease (from) troubling: |

Job 19:14

KJV: My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
EHCC: My kinsfolk Aave failed,

Psalms 36:3

KJV: The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
EHCC: (4).he hath left סו'קס be wise, |

Psalms 49:8

KJV: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
EHCC: (9).and it ceaseth for ever: d

Isaiah 24:8

KJV: The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
EHCC: the noise of them that rejoice endetl, |

Jeremiah 44:18

KJV: But 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.
EHCC: since we left off to burn incense |

Jeremiah 51:80

EHCC: of Babylon have forborn to fight, /

Exodus 14:12

KJV: Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, 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.
EHCC: tell thee in Egypt. saying, Let us chee,

2 Chronicles 25:16

KJV: 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; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.determined: Heb. counselled
EHCC: forbear ; why Shouldest thow be smitten? |

2 Chronicles 35:21

KJV: 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 thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.the house…: Heb. the house of my war
EHCC: forbear thee from (meddling with) God,

Job 7:16

KJV: I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
EHCC: let me alone ; for my days (are) vanity.

Job 10:20

KJV: Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
EHCC: cease (then, and) let me alone, __

Proverbs 19:27

KJV: Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
EHCC: Cease, my son, to heer the instruction

Proverbs 23:4

KJV: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
EHCC: cease from thine own wisdom.

Isaiah 1:16

KJV: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
EHCC: cease to do evil;

Isaiah 2:22

KJV: Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
EHCC: Cease ye from man,

Jeremiah 40:4

KJV: 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: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.were…: or, are upon thine handI will…: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee
EHCC: to come with me into Babylon, forbear:

Amos 7:5

KJV: Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.by…: or, who of (or, for,) Jacob shall stand?
EHCC: O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee:

Zechariah 11:12

KJV: And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.If ye…: Heb. If it be good in your eyes
EHCC: and if not, forbear.

Exodus 9:29

KJV: 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, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
EHCC: the thunder shall cease,

Deuteronomy 15:11

KJV: For the poor shall never cease 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.
EHCC: the poar shall never cease out of the land:

Job 10:20

KJV: Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
EHCC: ( aro) cease (then, and) let me alone,

Job 3:27

EHCC: he that forbeareth, let him forbear :
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