Limitless Word
בְּטֵלbᵉṭêl/bet-ale'/
HebrewH9897 occurrences (KJV)

to stop

KJV renders it: (cause, make to), cease, hinder.

Where it appears(showing the first 5 of 7)

  • Ezra 4:21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree is made by me.
  • Ezra 4:23Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force of arms.
  • Ezra 4:24Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
  • Ezra 5:5But 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 an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.
  • Ezra 6:8Moreover I make a decree what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.