Strong H988בָּטַל

to cease

Transliteration: bâţêl
Pronunciation: baw-tale'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to desist from labor: - cease.

Detailed definition

1) to cease
1a) (Qal) to cease
Aramaic equivalent: be.tel (בְּטֵל "to cease" H989)

In the Bible

Strong H988 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

cease1

First verses

Ecclesiastes 12:3
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,

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Occurrences by book

Ecclesiastes1

Related words

Same identity

בְּטֵלto ceaseH989