Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H988 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בָּטֵל |
| Part of Speech: | verb-stem |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | batel |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | baw-tale' |
| Meaning: | 1. to desist from labor |
| KJV Renderings: | cease. |
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[בָּטַל] verb cease (Late Hebrew בָּטֵל, Arabic [untranscribed source text 562], Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 563] both be futile, vain, but Assyrian ba‰âlu , cease LotzTP 68, so Aramaic בְּטֵיל, [untranscribed source text 564]) —
[בְּטֵל] verb cease (late Biblical Hebrew); —
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
