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ceased

Meaning of “ceased”

Past-tense or past-participial form of cease (to stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave off; to give over; followed by from before a noun).

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:11

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Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 18:11 · retained source text

Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age: and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women.

Exodus 9:33
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 9:33 · retained source text

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands vnto the LORD: and the thunders and haile ceased, and the raine was not powred vpon the earth.

Exodus 9:34
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 9:34 · retained source text

And when Pharaoh saw that the raine, and the haile and the thunders were ceased, hee sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his seruants.

Joshua 5:12
¶ And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 5:12 · retained source text

¶ And the Manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corne of the land, neither had the children of Israel Manna any more, but they did eate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that yeere.

Judges 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 2:19 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the Iudge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselues more then their fathers, in following other gods, to serue them, and to bow downe vnto them: they ceased not from their owne doings, nor from their stubborne way.

1611 marginal noteOr, were corrupt.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they let nothing fall of their.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.11.

Judges 5:7
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 5:7 · retained source text

The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:5 · retained source text

They that were full, haue hired out themselues for bread: and they that were hungry, ceased: so that the barren hath borne seuen, and she that hath many children, is waxed feeble.

1 Samuel 25:9
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:9 · retained source text

And when Dauids yong men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of Dauid, and ceased.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rested.

Ezra 4:24
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 4:24 · retained source text

Then ceased the woorke of the house of the God, which is at Ierusalem. So it ceased, vnto the second yeere of the reigne of Darius king of Persia.

Job 32:1
SO these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
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1611 witness · Job 32:1 · retained source text

¶ So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he was righteous in his owne eyes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from answering.

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