Definition

vacant, i.e. ceasing or destitute

Etymology

from H2308 (חָדַל);

Word family

• חָדַל châdal

How the KJV renders it

• he that forbeareth
• frail
• rejected

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.