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Isaiah 2:22
“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָדַלchâdal · khaw-dal'
H2308 · Hebrew
H2308 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
- Grammar
- חִדְל֤וּ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 59 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 11:8Genesis 18:11Genesis 41:49Exodus 9:29Exodus 9:33
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָדַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.