3 occurrences
'Cease' in the Bible
Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;
As soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them cease by force and power.
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease till the matter came to Darius; and then they returned answer by letter concerning it.
Bible Theasaurus
- Cease (161 instances)
- Desist (12 instances)
- Discontinue (1 instance)
- End (1093 instances)
- Finish (80 instances)
- Halt (19 instances)
- Quit (26 instances)
- Stop (307 instances)
- Terminate (2 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּמה
Damah
Damah
Usage: 15
דּמם
Damam
Damam
silence , still , silent , cut off , cut down , rest , cease , forbear , peace , quieted , tarry , wait
Usage: 30
חדל
Chadal
Chadal
cease , forbear , leave , left off , let...alone , forbare , endeth , failed , forborn , forsake , rest , unoccupied , wanteth , non translated variant
Usage: 58
חרשׁ
Charash
Charash
...peace , plow , devise , keep ... silence , hold...tongue , altogether , plowman , cease , conceal , deaf , to ear , graven , imagine ,
Usage: 74
נוּח
Nuwach
Nuwach
Usage: 144
פּרר
Parar
Parar
break , make void , defeat , disannul , disappoint , frustrate , come to nought , break asunder , cause to cease , clean , dissolved , divide ,
Usage: 51
רפה
Raphah
Raphah
Usage: 46
καταργέω
Katargeo
Katargeo
Usage: 25