1) to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw down, tear down 1a2) to break through 1a3) to break down, break away 1b) (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to overthrow, tear down 1c2) destroyer (participle)
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H2040 — הָרַס
ha.ras · to overthrow · Hebrew/Aramaic
33 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 15:7 · תַּהֲרֹ֣סYou overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.Exodus 19:21 · יֶהֶרְס֤וּand the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.Exodus 19:24 · יֶֽהֶרְס֛וּAnd the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”Exodus 23:24 · הָרֵס֙ · תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔םYou must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.Judges 6:25 · וְהָרַסְתָּ֗On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.2 Samuel 11:25 · וְהָרְסָ֖הּThen David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”1 Kings 18:30 · הֶהָרֽוּס׃Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.1 Kings 19:10 · הָרָ֔סוּ“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”1 Kings 19:14 · הָרָ֔סוּ“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”2 Kings 3:25 · יַהֲרֹ֡סוּThey destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.1 Chronicles 20:1 · וַיֶּֽהֶרְסֶֽהָ׃In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.Job 12:14 · יַ֭הֲרוֹסWhat He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.Psalm 11:3 · יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּןIf the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”Psalm 28:5 · יֶ֝הֶרְסֵ֗םSince they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.Psalm 58:6 · הֲרָס־O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.Proverbs 11:11 · תֵּהָרֵֽס׃By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.Proverbs 14:1 · תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.Proverbs 24:31 · נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.Proverbs 29:4 · יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.Isaiah 14:17 · הָרָ֑סwho turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”Isaiah 22:19 · יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ׃I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.Isaiah 49:17 · מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְYour builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.Jeremiah 1:10 · וְלַהֲר֑וֹסSee, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”Jeremiah 24:6 · אֶהֱרֹ֔סI will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.Jeremiah 31:28 · וְלַהֲרֹ֖סJust as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 31:40 · יֵהָרֵ֛סThe whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”Jeremiah 42:10 · אֶהֱרֹ֔ס‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.Jeremiah 45:4 · הֹרֵ֔סThus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.Jeremiah 50:15 · נֶהֶרְס֖וּRaise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has done, do the same to her.Lamentations 2:2 · הָרַ֧סWithout pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.Lamentations 2:17 · הָרַ֖סThe LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.Micah 5:11 · וְהָרַסְתִּ֖יI will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.Malachi 1:4 · אֶהֱר֑וֹסThough Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.