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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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33 occurrences30 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:11

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Jonah 1:15
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 1:15 · retained source text

So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him foorth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.

1611 marginal noteHebr. flood.

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