Words the Bible translates as cease
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pauōπαύωto stop, cease: to bring or come to a halt, leaving off an action or letting something run out
- shavatשָׁבַתto stop: to leave off an activity, or to come to an end
+1 more meaning
- to put a stop to: to remove, abolish, or do away with something
- ḥadalחָדַלto stop: to leave off doing something, or for something to come to an end or run out
- mushמוּשׁto depart or remove: to move away from a place or position, or to make something move away
- damahדָּמָהto be brought to an end and hushed: destroyed, cut off, or finished, and (of an activity) simply stopped.
- suphסוּףto come to a complete end and be gone; and, with God acting, to finish something off entirely.
- betelבְּטֵלto ceasenot studied yet
- gamarגָּמַרto ceasenot studied yet
- batelבָּטַלto ceasenot studied yet
- nalahנָלָהto ceasenot studied yet
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