Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H988: בָּטֵל

bâṭêl · pronounced baw-tale' · “to cease”

Definition

to desist from labor

KJV translates it as: cease.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H988 is translated

  • they will cease ×1

Bible verses with H988 (bâṭêl)

Bâṭêl appears in 1 verse.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:3

    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

Words derived from H988