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Stop [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Cessation of progressive motion; as, to make a stop

2. Hindrance of progress; obstruction; act of stopping.

3. Occult qualities put a stop to the improvement of natural philosophy--

4. Repression; hindrance of operation or action.

5. It is a great step towards the mastery of our desires, to give this stop to them.

6. Interruption.

7. These stops of thine fright me the more.

8. Prohibition of sale; as the stop of wine and salt.

9. That which obstructs; obstacle; impediment.

10. A fatal stop travesd their headlong course.

11. So melancholy a prospect should inspire us with zeal to oppose some stop to the rising torrent.

12. The instrument by which the sounds of wind music are regulated; as the stops of a flute or an organ.

13. Regulation of musical chords by the fingers.

14. In the stops of lutes, the higher they go, the less distance is between the frets.

15. The act of applying the stops in music.

16. Th organ-sound a time survives the stop

17. A point or mark in writing, intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence or clauses, and to show the proper pauses in reading. The stops generally used, are the comma, semi-colon, colon and period. To these may be added the marks of interrogation and exclamation.

Stop [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To cease to go forward.

2. Some strange commotion is in his brain; he bites his lip, and starts; stops on a sudden, looks upon the ground---

3. To cease from any motion or course of action. When you are accustomed to a course of vice, it is very difficult to stop

4. The best time to stop is at the beginning.

Stop [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The primary sense is either to cease to move, or to stuff, to press, to thrust in, to cram; probably the latter.]

2. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop a vent; to stop the ears; to stop wells of water. 2 Kings 3:19 .

3. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road or passage.

4. To hinder; to impede; to arrest progress; as, to stop a passenger in the road; to stop the course of a stream.

5. To restrain; to hinder; to suspend; as to stop the execution of a decree.

6. To repress; to suppress; to restrain; as, to stop the progress of vice.

7. To hinder; to check; as, to stop the approaches of old age or infirmity.

8. To hinder from action or practice.

9. Whose disposition, all the world well knows, will not be rubbd nor stoppd.

10. To put an end to any motion or action; to intercept; as, to stop the breath; to stop proceedings.

11. To regulate the sounds of musical strings; as, to stop a string.

12. In seamanship, to make fast.

13. To point; as a written composition. [Not in use.]

Stop [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.

2. That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.

3. A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.

4. The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.

5. In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop.

6. A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

7. A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.

8. The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

9. The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.

10. Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed.

Stop [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.

2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.

3. To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.

Stop [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

2. To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.

3. To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.

4. To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity.

5. To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.

6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate.

7. To make fast; to stopper.

Stop-cock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A pipe for letting out a fluid, stopped by a turning cock.

Stop-gap [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A temporary expedient. [Not used.]

Stop-gap [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.

Stop-over [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i.

Stopcock [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.

2. The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.

Stope [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Stopen

Stope [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

Stope [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To excavate in the form of stopes.

2. To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.

Stoped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stope

Stopen [Past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stepped; gone; advanced.

Stoping [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of excavating in the form of stopes.

Stoping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stope

Stopless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not to be stopped. [Not in use.]

Stopless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not to be stopped.

Stoppage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of stopping or arresting progress or motion; or the state of being stopped; as the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.

Stoppage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.

Stopped [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Closed; obstructed; hindered from proceeding; impeded; intercepted.

Stopped [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.).

Stopped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stopper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who stops, closes, shuts or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

2. In seamens language, a short piece of rope used for making something fast, as the anchor or cables. Stoppers are also used to prevent the running rigging from coming up, whilst the men are belaying it.

Stopper [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To close with a stopper

Stopper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

2. A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.

3. A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.

Stopper [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To close or secure with a stopper.

Stoppered [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Closed with a stopper; as a stoppered retort.

Stoppered [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stopper

Stoppering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stopper

Stopping [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Closing; shutting; obstructing; hindering from proceeding; ceasing to go or move; putting an end to; regulating the sounds of.

Stopping [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Material for filling a cavity.

2. A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.

3. A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.

Stopping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stop

Stopping-out [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.

Stopple [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; as a glass stopple; a cork stopple

Stopple [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

2. To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.

Stoppled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stopple

Stoppling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Stopple

End Roget’s Thesaurus §67

N. end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out, -blow, sockdolager*

V. end, close, finish, terminate, conclude, be all over, expire, die, come to a close, draw to a close, have run its course, run out, pass away, bring to an end, put an end to, make an end of, determine, get through, achieve, stop, shut up shop, hang up one's fiddle

Adj. ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, &c. unbegun, uncommenced, fresh

Adv. finally, in fine, at the last, once for all

Phr. "as high as heaven and as deep as hell", deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus romanorum

Cessation Roget’s Thesaurus §142

N. cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death

V. cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt, break off, leave off, hold, stop, pull up, stop short, stick, hang fire, halt, pause, rest, burn out, blow out, melt down, have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop, give up, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, come to a full stop, arrive, go out, die away, wear away, wear off, pass away, be at an end, disintegrate, self-destruct, intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel, intermit, remit, put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to, derail, turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect, bring to a stand, bring to a standstill, stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent, pull the check- string, pull the plug on

Int. hold, stop, enough, avast, have done, a truce to, soft, leave off, tenez, phr, "i pause for a reply"

Closure Roget’s Thesaurus §261

N. closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper

V. close, occlude, plug, block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up, blockade, obstruct, bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb, choke, throttle, ram down, dam, cram, trap, clinch, put to the door, shut the door

Adj. closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable|2, invious|, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug

Quiescence Roget’s Thesaurus §265

N. rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone|, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal

V. be quiescent, stand still, lie still, keep quiet, repose, hold the breath, remain, stay, stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time, bring to, heave to, lay to, pull up, draw up, hold, halt, stop, stop short, rest, pause, anchor, cast to an anchor, come to an anchor, rest on one's oars, repose on one's laurels, take breath, stop, stagnate, quieta non movere, let alone, abide, rest and be thankful, keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed, dwell, settle, alight stick, stick fast, stand like a post, not stir a peg, not stir a step, be at a stand, quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on

Adj. quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating

Adv. at a stand, tout court, at the halt

Phr. requiescat in pace, deus nobis haec otia fecit, "the noonday quiet holds the hill"

Int. stop, stay, avast, halt, hold hard, whoa, hold, sabr karo

Silence Roget’s Thesaurus §403

N. silence, stillness, peace, hush, lull, muteness, solemn silence, awful silence, dead silence, deathlike silence

V. be silent, hold one's tongue, render silent, silence, still, hush, stifle, muffle, stop, muzzle, put to silence

Adj. silent, still, stilly, noiseless, soundless, hushed, mute, soft, solemn, awful, deathlike, silent as the grave, inaudible

Adv. silently, sub silentio

Phr. one might hear a feather drop, one might hear a pin drop, so quiet you could hear a pin drop, grosse seelen dulden still, le silence est la vertu de ceux qui ne sont pas sages, le silence est le parti le plus sar de celui se dfie de soi-meme, "silence more musical than any song", tacent satis laudant, better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt

Int. hush, silence, soft, whist, tush, chut, tut, pax, be quiet, be silent, be still, shut up, [rude], chup, chup rao, tace

Relinquishment Roget’s Thesaurus §624

N. relinquishment, abandonment, desertion, defection, secession, withdrawal, cave of adullam, nolle prosequi, discontinuance, renunciation, abrogation, resignation, desuetude, cession

V. relinquish, give up, abandon, desert, forsake, leave in the lurch, go back on, depart from, secede from, withdraw from, back out of, leave, quit, take leave of, bid a long farewell, vacate, renounce, forego, have done with, drop, disuse, discard, wash one's hands of, drop all idea of, break off, leave off, desist, stop, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, quit one's hold, give over, shut up shop, throw up the game, throw up the cards, give up the point, give up the argument, pass to the order of the day, move to the previous question

Adj. unpursued, relinquished, relinquishing

Phr. aufgeschoben ist nicht aufgehoben, entbehre gern was du nicht hast

Int. avast, &c. (stop) 142

Inaction Roget’s Thesaurus §681

N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action, noninterference, nonintervention, fabian policy, conservative policy, neglect, inactivity, rest, quiescence, want of occupation, inoccupation, idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente, sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no- show job, soft snap, soft thing

V. not do, not act, not attempt, be inactive, abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare, not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg, fold one's arms, fold one's hands, leave alone, let alone, let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone, quieta non movere, stare super antiquas vias, rest and be thankful, live and let live, lie rest upon one's oars, laisser aller, faire, stand aloof, refrain keep oneself from doing, remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts, desist, stop, pause, wait, lie in wait, bide one's time, take time, tide it over, cool one's heels, kick one's heels, while away the time, while away tedious hours, pass the time, fill up the time, beguile the time, talk against time, let the grass grow under one's feet, waste time, lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow, keep quiet, slug, have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought, undo, do away with, take down, take to pieces, destroy

Adj. not doing, not done, undone, passive, unoccupied, unemployed, out of employ, out of work, fallow, desaeuvre

Adv. re infecta, at a stand, les bras croisis, with folded arms, with the hands in the pockets, with the hands behind one's back, pour passer le temps

Int. so let it be, stop, &c. 142, hands off, phr, cunctando restituit rem "if it ain't broke don't fix it", stare decisis

Hindrance Roget’s Thesaurus §706

N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion|, hindrance, impedition|, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation|, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent

V. hinder, impede, filibuster, impedite, embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off, obviate, avert, antevert|, turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud, retard, slacken, check, let, counteract, countercheck, preclude, debar, foreclose, estop, inhibit, shackle, restrict, obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock, block, block up, choke off, belay, barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way, forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to, traverse, contravene, interrupt, intercept, oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude|, interpose, interfere, intermeddle, cramp, hamper, clog, clog the wheels, cumber, encumber, incumber, handicap, choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay, lumber, trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience, incommode, discommode, discompose, hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon, thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil, faze, feaze, feeze, baffle, snub, override, circumvent, defeat, spike guns, spoil, mar, clip the wings of, cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp, dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck

Adj. hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient|, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c. (see assist ), single-handed, alone, deserted

Phr. occurrent nubes

Prohibition Roget’s Thesaurus §761

N. prohibition, inhibition, veto, disallowance, interdict, interdiction, injunction, estoppel, embargo, ban, taboo, proscription, index expurgatorius, restriction, hindrance, forbidden fruit, maine law

V. prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns

Adj. prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, restrictive, exclusive, forbidding, prohibited, not permitted, unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of, illegal, unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale

Adv. on no account

Int. forbid it heaven, &c. (deprecation) 766, hands off, keep off, hold, stop, desist, cease and desist, avast, phr, that will never do, don't you dare, forget it, don't even think about doing it, "go ahead; make my day "

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Genesis 8:2

The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Genesis 11:8

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.

Genesis 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Genesis 26:15

For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

Genesis 26:18

And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

Genesis 29:35

And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.

Genesis 30:9

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.

Genesis 41:49

And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.

So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.

Exodus 5:5

And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.

Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”

Leviticus 15:3

And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.

Numbers 11:28

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

Joshua 10:13

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

Joshua 10:19

And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.

But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”

Joshua 22:25

For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.

For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.

Judges 9:9

But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:11

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’

Judges 9:13

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

Judges 19:11

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”

Judges 19:15

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.

Judges 20:28

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”