חָדַל
châdal · khaw-dal'
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist
- (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the doorway, the way in › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of the doorway, the way in of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָדַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 45 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cease8 · 20%
- ceased3 · 7%
- or shall i forbear3 · 7%
- forbear3 · 7%
- or whether they will forbear3 · 7%
- unto them, should i leave2 · 5%
- and they left off1 · 2%
- and it ceased1 · 2%
- until he left1 · 2%
- shall cease1 · 2%
- were ceased1 · 2%
- let us alone1 · 2%
- and wouldest forbear1 · 2%
- and forbeareth1 · 2%
- shall never cease1 · 2%
- but if thou shalt forbear1 · 2%
- were unoccupied1 · 2%
- they ceased1 · 2%
- unto them, should i forsake1 · 2%
- that i will cease1 · 2%
- or shall i cease1 · 2%
- with her, then she left1 · 2%
- leave1 · 2%
- in ceasing1 · 2%
- and he forbare1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.