בְּטֵל
bᵉṭêl · bet-ale'
to stop
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H988 (בָּטֵל);
to stop
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause, make to), cease, hinder.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- 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)
the house, what is within › to surround and contain › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within that works to surround and contain of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּטֵל 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to cease3 · 38%
- to cause1 · 13%
- ceased1 · 13%
- so it ceased1 · 13%
- cause1 · 13%
- hindered1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra6
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.