Quick Definition
to cease
Strong's Definition
to end (in the sense of completion or failure)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform.
TWOT Reference: 363
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to come to an end, be no more
1a2) to bring to an end, complete
2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to come to an end, be no more
1a2) to bring to an end, complete
2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform
Aramaic equivalent: ge.mar (גְּמַר "to complete" H1585)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
גָּמַר
gâmar
BDB Definition:
1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to come to an end, be no more
1a2) to bring to an end, complete
2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 363
Total KJV Occurrences: 5