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 · לִשְׁבֹּ֥רThey said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.Exodus 9:25 · שִׁבֵּֽר׃The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.Exodus 12:46 · תִשְׁבְּרוּ־In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry out anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.Exodus 22:10 · נִשְׁבַּ֥ר“If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;Exodus 22:14 · וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ר“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.Exodus 23:24 · וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר · תְּשַׁבֵּ֖רYou shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.Exodus 32:19 · וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רIt happened, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing: and Moses’ anger grew hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mountain.Exodus 34:1 · שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃Yahweh said to Moses, “Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.Exodus 34:13 · תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּןbut you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;Leviticus 6:28 · יִשָּׁבֵ֑רBut the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.Leviticus 11:33 · תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.Leviticus 15:12 · יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר“‘The earthen vessel, which he who has the discharge touches, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.Leviticus 26:13 · וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙I am Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go upright.Leviticus 26:19 · וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖יI will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like 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 you shall eat, and not be satisfied.Numbers 9:12 · יִשְׁבְּרוּ־They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.Deuteronomy 7:5 · תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּBut you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.Deuteronomy 9:17 · וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖םI took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.Deuteronomy 10:2 · שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּI will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark.”Deuteronomy 12:3 · וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.Judges 7:20 · וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּThe three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands with which to blow; and they shouted, “The sword of Yahweh and of Gideon!”1 Samuel 4:18 · וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֤רIt happened, 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 broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.1 Kings 13:26 · וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵ֙הוּ֙When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh. Therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has mauled him and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.”1 Kings 13:28 · שָׁבַ֖רHe went and found his body cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body, nor mauled the donkey.1 Kings 19:11 · וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤רHe said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.1 Kings 22:48 · נִשְׁבְּר֥וּJehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they didn’t go; for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.2 Kings 11:18 · שִׁבְּר֣וּAll the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.2 Kings 18:4 · וְשִׁבַּר֙He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for in those days the children of Israel burned incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.2 Kings 23:14 · וְשִׁבַּר֙He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.2 Kings 25:13 · שִׁבְּר֣וּThe Chaldeans broke up the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh, and carried the brass pieces to Babylon.2 Chronicles 14:3 · וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and cut down the Asherim,2 Chronicles 14:13 · נִשְׁבְּר֥וּAsa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his army; and they carried away very much booty.2 Chronicles 20:37 · וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּThen Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.2 Chronicles 23:17 · שִׁבֵּ֑רוּAll the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.2 Chronicles 31:1 · וַיְשַׁבְּר֣וּNow when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke 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 · שִׁבַּ֣רThey broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.Job 24:20 · וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖רThe womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.Job 29:17 · וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָהI broke 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 my arm be broken from the bone.Job 38:10 · וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רmarked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,Job 38:15 · תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.Psalm 3:7 · שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.Psalm 10:15 · שְׁ֭בֹרBreak the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.Psalm 29:5 · שֹׁבֵ֣ר · וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רThe voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.Psalm 34:18 · לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.Psalm 34:20 · נִשְׁבָּֽרָה׃He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.Psalm 37:15 · תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃Their sword shall enter into their own heart. Their bows shall be broken.Psalm 37:17 · תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָהFor the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.Psalm 46:9 · יְ֭שַׁבֵּרHe makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.Psalm 48:7 · תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗רWith the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.Psalm 51:17 · נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה · נִשְׁבָּ֥רThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.Psalm 69:20 · שָֽׁבְרָ֥הReproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 74:13 · שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּYou divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.Psalm 76:3 · שִׁבַּ֣רThere he broke the flaming arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.Psalm 104:11 · יִשְׁבְּר֖וּThey give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.Psalm 105:16 · שָׁבָֽר׃He called for a famine on the land. He destroyed the food supplies.Psalm 105:33 · וַ֝יְשַׁבֵּ֗רHe struck their vines and also their fig trees, and shattered the trees of their country.Psalm 107:16 · שִׁ֭בַּרFor he has broken the gates of brass, and cut through bars of iron.Psalm 124:7 · נִשְׁבָּ֗רOur soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.Psalm 147:3 · לִשְׁב֣וּרֵיHe heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.Proverbs 6:15 · יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רTherefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.Proverbs 25:15 · תִּשְׁבָּר־By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.Proverbs 29:1 · יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רHe who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.Ecclesiastes 12:6 · וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶרbefore the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern,Isaiah 8:15 · וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּMany will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.”Isaiah 14:5 · שָׁבַ֥רYahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,Isaiah 14:25 · לִשְׁבֹּ֤רthat I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.Isaiah 14:29 · נִשְׁבַּ֖רDon’t rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.Isaiah 21:9 · שִׁבַּ֥רBehold, here comes a troop of men, horsemen in pairs.” He answered, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the engraved images of her gods are broken to the ground.Isaiah 24:10 · נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הThe confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.Isaiah 27:11 · תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָהWhen its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.Isaiah 28:13 · וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּTherefore the word of Yahweh will be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, fall backward, be broken, be snared, and be taken.Isaiah 30:14 · וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּHe will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken piece a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”Isaiah 38:13 · יְשַׁבֵּ֖רI waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.Isaiah 42:3 · יִשְׁבּ֔וֹרHe won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.Isaiah 45:2 · אֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר“I will go before you, and make the rough places smooth. I will break the doors of brass in pieces, and cut apart the bars of iron.Isaiah 61:1 · לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;Isaiah 66:9 · אַשְׁבִּ֛ירShall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth?” says Yahweh: “shall I who cause to bring forth shut the womb?” says your God.Jeremiah 2:13 · נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים“For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.Jeremiah 2:20 · שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי“For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.Jeremiah 5:5 · שָׁ֣בְרוּI will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, 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 has taken hold on me.Jeremiah 14:17 · נִשְׁבְּרָ֗הYou shall say this word to them, Let my 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 disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed; let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed; bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.Jeremiah 19:10 · וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,Jeremiah 19:11 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר · יִשְׁבֹּר֙and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.Jeremiah 22:20 · נִשְׁבְּר֖וּGo up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your 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 has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.Jeremiah 28:2 · שָׁבַ֞רְתִּיThus speaks Yahweh of Armies, 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, who went to Babylon, says Yahweh; 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 broke it.Jeremiah 28:11 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֞רHananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The prophet Jeremiah went his way.Jeremiah 28:12 · שְׁב֞וֹרThen the word of Yahweh came to 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 says Yahweh: You have broken the bars of wood; but you have made in their place bars of iron.Jeremiah 30:8 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֤רIt shall come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Armies, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondservant;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 you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who 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, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 48:38 · שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיOn all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which none delights, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 49:35 · שֹׁבֵ֖רThus says Yahweh of Armies: 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 apart 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 has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.Jeremiah 52:17 · שִׁבְּר֣וּThe Chaldeans broke the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yahweh, and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the house of Yahweh in pieces, and carried all the of their brass to Babylon.Lamentations 1:15 · לִשְׁבֹּ֣רThe Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.Lamentations 2:9 · וְשִׁבַּ֖רHer gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.Lamentations 3:4 · שִׁבַּ֖רMy flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.Daniel 8:7 · וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke 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 on him; and there was none who could deliver the ram out of his hand.Daniel 8:8 · נִשְׁבְּרָה֙The male 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 the sky.Daniel 8:22 · וְהַ֨נִּשְׁבֶּ֔רֶתAs for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.Daniel 8:25 · יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃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 · תִּשָּׁבֵ֣רWhen he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which 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 who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.Daniel 11:22 · וְיִשָּׁבֵ֑רוּThe overwhelming forces shall be overwhelmed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.Daniel 11:26 · יִשְׁבְּר֖וּהוּYes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.Hosea 1:5 · וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”Hosea 2:18 · אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹרIn that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.Amos 1:5 · וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.Jonah 1:4 · לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.Nahum 1:13 · אֶשְׁבֹּ֥רNow will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”Zechariah 11:16 · וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶתFor, behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those who are cut off, neither will seek those who 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.