Strong's Lexicon

H989

H989 — בְּטֵל

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

AramaicbtelverbOccurrences: 6TWOT: 2625

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H989
Word:	בְּטֵל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H988
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	btel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	bet-ale'
Meaning:	1. to stop
KJV Renderings:	(cause, make to), cease, hinder.

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[בְּטֵל] verb cease (late Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 feminine singular בְּטִלַת Ezra 4:24, Participle feminine singular בָּֽטְלָא Ezra 4:24 (both of work).

Pa`el make to cease, accusative of person: Perfect 3 masculine plural בַּטִּ֫לוּ Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:5 Infinitive לְבַטָּלָא Ezra 4:21, accusative of person omitted Ezra 6:3.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בטל (bah-tal’)

Ecclesiastes 12:3

KJV: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,the grinders…: or, the grinders fail, because they grind little

EHCC: and the grinders cease (marg. fail)

Ezra 4:28

EHCC: and made them to cease by force and

Ezra 5:5

KJV: But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

EHCC: that they could not cause them fo cease,

Ezra 4:21

KJV: Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.Give…: Chaldee, Make a decree

EHCC: commandment fo cause these men fo cease,

Ezra 4:94

EHCC: סם it ceased wuto the second year (lit. was