{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H989",
  "lemma": "בְּטֵל",
  "transliteration": "bᵉṭêl",
  "definition": "to stop",
  "kjv": "(cause, make to), cease, hinder.",
  "occurrences": 6,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בְּטֵל] vb. cease",
    "Pe. (both of work)",
    "Pa. make to cease"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 4:21",
      "text": "Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 4:23",
      "text": "Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 4:24",
      "text": "Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 5:5",
      "text": "But the eye of their God was on the Jewish elders, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/5?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 6:8",
      "text": "Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these Jewish elders for the building of this house of God…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/6?v=8"
    }
  ],
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