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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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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
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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
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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.

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