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Strong's H2308 חָדַל (chadal)

Chadal means “cease” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2308 — thelesis (“will”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2308
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 56
Books 17

Strong's H2308 Quick Answer

Strong's H2308 חָדַל (chadal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chadal (khaw-dal') v. 1. (properly) to be flabby 2. (by implication) desist It has 56 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include forbear, cease, leave, off, and they. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chadal (khaw-dal') v. 1. (properly) to be flabby 2. (by implication) desist
Usage
56 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
forbear, cease, leave, off, and they

Meaning and Definition

chadal (khaw-dal') v. 1. (properly) to be flabby 2. (by implication) desist 3. (figuratively) be lacking or idle [a primitive root] KJV: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.

Original Word
חָדַל
Transliteration
chadal
Derivation
Root: חדל
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2308. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to cease

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H2308 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chadal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

forbear Exodus 23:5 15× cease Exodus 9:29 13× leave Judges 9:9 off 1 Kings 15:21 ceased Genesis 18:11 endeth Isaiah 24:8 forbeareth Numbers 9:13 forsake Judges 9:11 they Genesis 11:8

How Strong's H2308 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2308 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2308 in the Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 11:8 KJV

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Genesis 18:11 KJV

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

Genesis 41:49 KJV

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

Usage Excerpts

First 56 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2308.

Genesis 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Genesis 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 41:49 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Exodus 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
Exodus 9:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
Exodus 9:34 Old Testament, KJV
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Exodus 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exodus 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Numbers 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Deuteronomy 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 23:22 Old Testament, KJV
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Judges 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
Judges 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Judges 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
Judges 20:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
Ruth 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
1 Samuel 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
1 Samuel 12:23 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
1 Kings 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
1 Kings 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1 Kings 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
2 Chronicles 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
2 Chronicles 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
2 Chronicles 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
2 Chronicles 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
2 Chronicles 35:21 Old Testament, KJV
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Job 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
Job 10:20 Old Testament, KJV
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Job 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Job 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job 19:14 Old Testament, KJV
My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
Psalms 36:3 Old Testament, KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 49:8 Old Testament, KJV
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
Proverbs 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
Proverbs 19:27 Old Testament, KJV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Isaiah 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Jeremiah 40:4 Old Testament, KJV
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jeremiah 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah 44:18 Old Testament, KJV
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
Jeremiah 51:30 Old Testament, KJV
The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Ezekiel 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
Ezekiel 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Ezekiel 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Ezekiel 3:27 Old Testament, KJV
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Amos 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Zechariah 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2308, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 5 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2308 FAQ

What does chadal (חָדַל) mean?

Chadal (Strong's H2308) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "cease". chadal (khaw-dal') v. 1. (properly) to be flabby 2. (by implication) desist

How many times is chadal (חָדַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 56 linked usages for Strong's H2308 across 17 books.

Where can I study chadal (חָדַל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2308 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chadal (חָדַל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as forbear, cease, leave, off, they, and ceased. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.