HebrewH0988Verb

בָּטַל

ba.tel

“to cease”

1Occurrences

H0988Strong's #

VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to desist from labor

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

to cease 1a) (Qal) to cease Aramaic equivalent: be.tel (*בְּטֵל *"to cease" H0989)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

בָּטַל appears 1 time in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ecclesiastes

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 12:3BSB

on the day the keepers of the house trembleand the strong men stoop,when those grinding cease because they are fewand those watching through windows see dimly,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.