1) to break, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench 1a2) to break, rupture (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked 1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig) 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered Aramaic equivalent: te.var (תְּבַר "to break" H8406)
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H7665 — שָׁבַר
sha.var · to break · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 19:9 · לִשְׁבֹּ֥רAnd they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.Exodus 9:25 · שִׁבֵּֽר׃And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.Exodus 12:46 · תִשְׁבְּרוּ־In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.Exodus 22:10 · נִשְׁבַּ֥רIf a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:Exodus 22:14 · וְנִשְׁבַּ֣רAnd if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.Exodus 23:24 · וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר · תְּשַׁבֵּ֖רThou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.Exodus 32:19 · וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רAnd it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.Exodus 34:1 · שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃And Jehovah said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest.Exodus 34:13 · תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּןbut ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;Leviticus 6:28 · יִשָּׁבֵ֑רBut the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.Leviticus 11:33 · תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.Leviticus 15:12 · יִשָּׁבֵ֑רAnd the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.Leviticus 26:13 · וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.Leviticus 26:19 · וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖יAnd I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;Leviticus 26:26 · בְּשִׁבְרִ֣יWhen I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.Numbers 9:12 · יִשְׁבְּרוּ־they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.Deuteronomy 7:5 · תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּBut thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.Deuteronomy 9:17 · וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖םAnd I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.Deuteronomy 10:2 · שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּAnd I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.Deuteronomy 12:3 · וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.Judges 7:20 · וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּAnd the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow; and they cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.1 Samuel 4:18 · וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֤רAnd it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.1 Kings 13:26 · וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵ֙הוּ֙And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: therefore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake unto him.1 Kings 13:28 · שָׁבַ֖רAnd he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body: the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass.1 Kings 19:11 · וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤רAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:1 Kings 22:48 · נִשְׁבְּר֥וּJehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.2 Kings 11:18 · שִׁבְּר֣וּAnd all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.2 Kings 18:4 · וְשִׁבַּר֙He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.2 Kings 23:14 · וְשִׁבַּר֙And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.2 Kings 25:13 · שִׁבְּר֣וּAnd the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.2 Chronicles 14:3 · וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and brake down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,2 Chronicles 14:13 · נִשְׁבְּר֥וּAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.2 Chronicles 20:37 · וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּThen Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.2 Chronicles 23:17 · שִׁבֵּ֑רוּAnd all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.2 Chronicles 31:1 · וַיְשַׁבְּר֣וּNow when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.2 Chronicles 34:4 · שִׁבַּ֣רAnd they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.Job 24:20 · וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖רThe womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.Job 29:17 · וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָהAnd I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.Job 31:22 · תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.Job 38:10 · וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רAnd marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,Job 38:15 · תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.Psalm 3:7 · שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃Arise, O Jehovah; Save me, O my God: For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.Psalm 10:15 · שְׁ֭בֹרBreak thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.Psalm 29:5 · שֹׁבֵ֣ר · וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רThe voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.Psalm 34:18 · לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.Psalm 34:20 · נִשְׁבָּֽרָה׃He keepeth all his bones: Not one of them is broken.Psalm 37:15 · תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃Their sword shall enter into their own heart, And their bows shall be broken.Psalm 37:17 · תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָהFor the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.Psalm 46:9 · יְ֭שַׁבֵּרHe maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariots in the fire.Psalm 48:7 · תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗רWith the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.Psalm 51:17 · נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה · נִשְׁבָּ֥רThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Psalm 69:20 · שָֽׁבְרָ֥הReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 74:13 · שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּThou didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.Psalm 76:3 · שִׁבַּ֣רThere he brake the arrows of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. [SelahPsalm 104:11 · יִשְׁבְּר֖וּThey give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.Psalm 105:16 · שָׁבָֽר׃And he called for a famine upon the land; He brake the whole staff of bread.Psalm 105:33 · וַ֝יְשַׁבֵּ֗רHe smote their vines also and their fig-trees, And brake the trees of their borders.Psalm 107:16 · שִׁ֭בַּרFor he hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.Psalm 124:7 · נִשְׁבָּ֗רOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.Psalm 147:3 · לִשְׁב֣וּרֵיHe healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.Proverbs 6:15 · יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רTherefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.Proverbs 25:15 · תִּשְׁבָּר־By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.Proverbs 29:1 · יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רHe that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedyEcclesiastes 12:6 · וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶרbefore the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern,Isaiah 8:15 · וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּAnd many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.Isaiah 14:5 · שָׁבַ֥רJehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;Isaiah 14:25 · לִשְׁבֹּ֤רthat I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.Isaiah 14:29 · נִשְׁבַּ֖רRejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.Isaiah 21:9 · שִׁבַּ֥רand, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.Isaiah 24:10 · נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הThe waste city is broken down; every house is shut up, that no man may come in.Isaiah 27:11 · תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָהWhen the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.Isaiah 28:13 · וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּTherefore shall the word of Jehovah be unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.Isaiah 30:14 · וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּAnd he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.Isaiah 38:13 · יְשַׁבֵּ֖רI quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.Isaiah 42:3 · יִשְׁבּ֔וֹרA bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.Isaiah 45:2 · אֲשַׁבֵּ֔רI will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;Isaiah 61:1 · לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;Isaiah 66:9 · אַשְׁבִּ֛ירShall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.Jeremiah 2:13 · נִשְׁבָּרִ֔יםFor my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Jeremiah 2:20 · שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיFor of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.Jeremiah 5:5 · שָׁ֣בְרוּI will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.Jeremiah 8:21 · הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּיFor the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.Jeremiah 14:17 · נִשְׁבְּרָ֗הAnd thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.Jeremiah 17:18 · שָׁבְרֵֽם׃ סLet them be put to shame that persecute me, but let not me be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.Jeremiah 19:10 · וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,Jeremiah 19:11 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר · יִשְׁבֹּר֙and shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place to bury.Jeremiah 22:20 · נִשְׁבְּר֖וּGo up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.Jeremiah 23:9 · נִשְׁבַּ֧רConcerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of Jehovah, and because of his holy words.Jeremiah 28:2 · שָׁבַ֞רְתִּיThus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 28:4 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֔רand I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith Jehovah; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 28:10 · וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.Jeremiah 28:11 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֞רAnd Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.Jeremiah 28:12 · שְׁב֞וֹרThen the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,Jeremiah 28:13 · שָׁבָ֑רְתָּGo, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.Jeremiah 30:8 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֤רAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;Jeremiah 43:13 · וְשִׁבַּ֗רHe shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.Jeremiah 48:4 · נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הMoab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.Jeremiah 48:17 · נִשְׁבַּר֙All ye that are round about him, bemoan him, and all ye that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!Jeremiah 48:25 · נִשְׁבָּ֑רָהThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 48:38 · שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיOn all the housetops of Moab and in the streets thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein none delighteth, saith Jehovah.Jeremiah 49:35 · שֹׁבֵ֖רThus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.Jeremiah 50:23 · וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔רHow is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!Jeremiah 51:8 · וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑רBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.Jeremiah 51:30 · נִשְׁבְּר֥וּThe mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might hath failed; they are become as women: her dwelling-places are set on fire; her bars are broken.Jeremiah 52:17 · שִׁבְּר֣וּAnd the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.Lamentations 1:15 · לִשְׁבֹּ֣רThe Lord hath set at nought all my mighty men in the midst of me; He hath called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.Lamentations 2:9 · וְשִׁבַּ֖רHer gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yea, her prophets find no vision from Jehovah.Lamentations 3:4 · שִׁבַּ֖רMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.Daniel 8:7 · וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled upon him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.Daniel 8:8 · נִשְׁבְּרָה֙And the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of heaven.Daniel 8:22 · וְהַ֨נִּשְׁבֶּ֔רֶתAnd as for that which was broken, in the place whereof four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.Daniel 8:25 · יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃And through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in their security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.Daniel 11:4 · תִּשָּׁבֵ֣רAnd when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.Daniel 11:20 · יִשָּׁבֵ֔רThen shall stand up in his place one that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.Daniel 11:22 · וְיִשָּׁבֵ֑רוּAnd the overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.Daniel 11:26 · יִשְׁבְּר֖וּהוּYea, they that eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.Hosea 1:5 · וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.Hosea 2:18 · אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹרAnd in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.Amos 1:5 · וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.Jonah 1:4 · לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.Nahum 1:13 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֥רAnd now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.Zechariah 11:16 · וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶתFor, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.