forbare

/fɔːˈbeə(r)/

Modern equivalent

refrained, held back (past tense)

What it means

Past tense of 'forbear'; refrained from acting

In the KJV

Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.

1 Samuel 23:13