Strong H989בְּטֵל
to cease
- Transliteration
- beţêl
- Pronunciation
- bet-ale'
- Morphology
- Aramaic Verb
Definition
(Chaldee); corresponding to H988; to stop: - ({cause} make {to}) {cease} hinder.
Detailed definition
1) (P'al) to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease
1a) to cease
1b) to make to cease
In the Bible
Strong H989 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cease4
- cause2
- hinder1
First verses
- Ezra 4:21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
- Ezra 4:23Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
- Ezra 4:24Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Ezra 5:5But 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.
- Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.