Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV Usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָדַל (cha.dal) — to cease. 1) to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease, come to an end 1a2) to cease, leave off
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֶדֶל · חָדֵל · חַדְלַי
Non-Exist | verb qal
to cease to exist = process by which objects stop existing in this world
DEU 15:11 · JDG 5:6 · JDG 5:7 · JDG 5:7 · 1SA 2:5 · JOB 14:7 · JOB 19:14 · PSA 49:9
Non-Engage | verb qal | ≈ שׁבת
to cease, to stop, to be lacking = process by which events stop happening
GEN 18:11 · EXO 9:29 · EXO 9:33 · EXO 9:34 · PRO 10:19 · ISA 24:8
Non-Engage | verb qal
to refrain (from) = causative action by which humans desist from performing an event that has not yet started
EXO 23:5 · NUM 9:13 · DEU 23:23 · JDG 20:28 · 1SA 23:13 · 1KI 22:6 · 1KI 22:15 · 2CH 18:5 · 2CH 18:14 · JOB 3:17 · JOB 16:6 · PRO 23:4 · JER 40:4 · JER 41:8 · EZK 2:5 · EZK 2:7 · EZK 3:11 · EZK 3:27 · ZEC 11:12
Non-Engage | verb qal
to stop, to quit = causative action by which deities or humans stop performing an ongoing event
GEN 11:8 · GEN 41:49 · JDG 15:7 · RUT 1:18 · 1SA 12:23 · 1KI 15:21 · 2CH 16:5 · 2CH 25:16 · 2CH 25:16 · JOB 10:20 · JOB 14:6 · PSA 36:4 · PRO 19:27 · ISA 1:16 · JER 44:18 · JER 51:30 · AMO 7:5
1 PSA 49:9 NJPS | RSV NRSV "suffice" NIV GNT CEV "be enough" REB "beyond his power to pay" 2 JOB 10:20 MT-K יחדל | MT-Q וַחֲדָל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָדַל vb. cease Qal cease, come to an end
cease, leave off
Hoph. should I be made to leave
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