חָדַל

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Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60

English (Strong)

a primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.