- Original: חדל - Transliteration: Chadal - Phonetic: khaw-dal' - Definition: 1. to stop, cease, desist, forego, cease to be, leave undone, forbear a. (Qal) 1. to cease, come to an end 2. to cease, leave off - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 609 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to be flabby that is (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle: - cease end fail forbear forsake leave (off) let alone rest be unoccupied want. Total KJV Occurrences: 58 • alone, 2 Exodus 14:12; Job 7:16 • cease, 12 Exodus 9:29; Deuteronomy 15:11; Judges 15:7; Judges 20:28; Job 3:17; Job 10:20; Job 14:7; Proverbs 19:27; Proverbs 23:4; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 2:22; Amos 7:5 • ceased, 6 Genesis 18:11; Exodus 9:33; Exodus 9:34; Judges 5:7(2); 1 Samuel 2:5 • ceaseth, 1 Psalm 49:8 • ceasing, 1 1 Samuel 12:23 • endeth, 1 Isaiah 24:8 • failed, 1 Job 19:14 • forbear, 16 Exodus 23:5; Deuteronomy 23:22; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 22:15; 2 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Chronicles 18:14; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Chronicles 35:21; Job 16:6; Jeremiah 40:4; Jeremiah 41:8; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:27; Zechariah 11:12 • forbeareth, 1 Numbers 9:13 • forbore, 2 1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Chronicles 25:16 • forborne, 1 Jeremiah 51:30 • forsake, 1 Judges 9:11 • leave, 3 Judges 9:9; Judges 9:13; 1 Samuel 9:5 • left, 2 Genesis 41:49; Ruth 1:18 • off, 5 Genesis 11:8; 1 Kings 15:21; 2 Chronicles 16:5; Psalm 36:3; Jeremiah 44:18 • rest, 1 Job 14:6 • unoccupied, 1 Judges 5:6 • wanteth, 1 Proverbs 10:19