# בָּטֵל (batel)

Israeli respelling: ba-tel. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H988. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

to desist from labor

King James renderings: cease.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/batel-h988

## Occurrences

- [Ecclesiastes 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/12/3) — In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are fe…