בְּטֵלbᵉṭêl

Meanings

Same root

• בָּטֵלbâṭêl · H988to desist from labor

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Ezra 4:21 Therefore, issue orders to have these men stop their work. That city must not be rebuilt except at my express command.
• Ezra 4:23 When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
• Ezra 4:24 The Rebuilding Resumes So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
• Ezra 5:5 But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
• Ezra 6:8 “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.