3 occurrences
'Cease' in the Bible
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.
Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, until the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned 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