בָּטֵל

batel · cease

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H988 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

batel (בָּטֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cease”.

To cease, to stop working.

How to say it

ba·tel

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

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Where it appears

  • Ecclesiastes 12:3

    on the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the men of vigor stoop, and those who grind cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows grow dark,