Word meanings
Senses and individuals
- to cease H7673A 69
- to keep H7673B 2
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific); (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Every occurrence
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Nehemiah 4:11 וְהִשְׁבַּ֖תְנוּ ve.hish.Bat.nu · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by us
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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Nehemiah 6:3 תִשְׁבַּ֤ת tish.Bat · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.