H989 בְּטֵל בְּטֵל (bᵉṭêl), Strong’s H989: to stop KJV: (cause, make to), cease, hinder.. Occurs 6 times. Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H989 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html bᵉṭêl — to stop KJV: (cause, make to), cease, hinder. Occurs 6 times. Brown–Driver–Briggs - [בְּטֵל] vb. cease - Pe. (both of work) - Pa. make to cease Where it occurs - Ezra 4:21 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=21) — Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me. - Ezra 4:23 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=23) — Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they… - Ezra 4:24 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/4?v=24) — Then work stopped on God’s house which is at Jerusalem. It stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of… - Ezra 5:5 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/5?v=5) — But the eye of their God was on the Jewish elders, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to… - Ezra 6:8 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/6?v=8) — Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these Jewish elders for the building of this house of God…