King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H988
Transliteration: batal
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-tale')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cease
Meaning: to desist from labor
Word Summary
batal: to cease
Original Word: בָּטֵלTransliteration: batal
Phonetic Spelling: (baw-tale')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cease
Meaning: to desist from labor
Strong's Concordance
cease A primitive root; to desist from labor -- cease.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H988. batal
[בָּטַל] verb cease (Late Hebrew בָּטֵל, Arabic , Ethiopic both be futile, vain, but Assyrian ba‰âlu, cease LotzTP 68, so Aramaic בְּטֵיל, ) —
Qal Perfect וּבָֽטְליּ consecutive Ecclesiastes 12:3 and the grinders cease.
I. בטן (meaning dubious; √ of following).
[בְּטֵל] verb cease (late Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Perfect3feminine singular בְּטִלַת Ezra 4:24, Participle feminine singular בָּֽטְלָא 4:24 (both of work).
Pa`el make to cease, accusative of person: Perfect3masculine plural בַּטִּ֫לוּ Ezra 4:23; 5:5; Infinitive לְבַטָּלָא 4:21, accusative of person omitted 6:3.