Definition

to stop

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H988 (בָּטֵל);

Word family

• בָּטֵל bâṭêl

How the KJV renders it

• (cause
• make to)
• cease
• hinder

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.