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Lexicon :: Strong's H7665 - šāḇar

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שָׁבַר
Transliteration
šāḇar
Pronunciation
shaw-bar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2321

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar'; a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively):—break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, × quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 150x

The KJV translates Strong's H7665 in the following manner: break (115x), destroy (9x), break in pieces (8x), break down (4x), hurt (3x), torn (2x), give birth (1x), crush (1x), quench (1x), miscellaneous (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 150x
The KJV translates Strong's H7665 in the following manner: break (115x), destroy (9x), break in pieces (8x), break down (4x), hurt (3x), torn (2x), give birth (1x), crush (1x), quench (1x), miscellaneous (6x).
  1. to break, break in pieces

    1. (Qal)

      1. break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench

      2. to break, rupture (fig)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked

      2. to be broken, be crushed (fig)

    3. (Piel) to shatter, break

    4. (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth

    5. (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁבַר shâbar, shaw-bar'; a primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively):—break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, × quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663).
STRONGS H7665: Abbreviations
שָׁבַר 148 verb break, break in pieces (Late Hebrew id.; Sabean תֿבר, break, destroy DHMHof. Mus., no. 1, l. 26 MordtmHi 74; Arabic bdb099005 restrain, destroy; Aramaic תְּבַר, bdb099006; Assyrian šabâru, break, break in pieces; Ethiopic bdb099007 break); —
Qal53 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ 1 Kings 13:28; Isaiah 14:5, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁבֹּר Jeremiah 19:11, בּוֺר- Isaiah 42:3; 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁבָּרֿ Proverbs 25:15, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁבֹר Psalm 10:15, suffix שָׁבְרֵם Jeremiah 17:18; Infinitive construct לִשְׁבֹּר Genesis 19:9 + 2 times, שְׁבוֺר Jeremiah 28:12; Participle active שֹׁבֵר Ezekiel 4:16 + 2 times; passive שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22, plural construct שְׁבוּרֵי Psalm 147:3; — break, literally, object earthen vessel Judges 7:20; Leviticus 11:33 (P), Jeremiah 19:11 (in simile, compare Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 48:33; Isaiah 30:14, flask Jeremiah 19:10, gate-bar Amos 1:5 (in metaphor), bow Hosea 1:5; Jeremiah 49:35, and sword Hosea 2:20 (מִןהָֿאָרֶץ), bone of lamb Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12 (P), and (in metaphor) Proverbs 25:15, compare שָׁבוּר i.e. fractured of limb Leviticus 22:22 (H), yoke Jeremiah 28:10, 12, 13, and, in metaphor, of deliverance (י׳ subject) Jeremiah 28:2; Jeremiah 28:4; Jeremiah 28:11; Jeremiah 38:8 (with מֵעַל), +4 times, of rebellion Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 5:5, so staff Isaiah 14:5 + 5 times, reed Isaiah 42:3, arm of Pharaoh Ezekiel 30:21, 22, 24 compare Psalm 10:15; trees (subject thunder) Psalm 29:5; break in, down, door Genesis 19:9 (J); rend violently (of lion), man 1 Kings 13:26, ass 1 Kings 13:28; wreck Tyre (as ship) Ezekiel 27:26; figurative break pride Leviticus 26:19 (H); crush (figurative) Isaiah 14:25 (compare Jeremiah 48:28 above), Lamentations 1:15; Daniel 11:26; מִשְׁנֶה שִׁבָּרוֺן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 17:18; break, rupture, heart (figurative) Psalm 69:21+ Ezekiel 6:9 (see Niph. near the end), שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3; וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי Job 38:10 broke for it my boundary, of sea, reference to abrupt ending of mainland; = quench thirst (frangere sitim) Psalm 104:11.
Niph.57 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִשְׁבַּר Exodus 22:9 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁבֵר Leviticus 6:21 +, 3rd person feminine singular וְתִשָּׁ֫בֶר Ecclesiastes 12:6, 2nd person masculine singular תִּשָּׁבֵר Ezekiel 29:7, שַבר - Ezekiel 32:28, etc.; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁבֵר Jonah 1:4 Participle נִשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19, feminine singular נִשְׁבָּרָה Psalm 51:19, נִשְׁבֶּ֫רֵת Ezekiel 27:34 +, etc.; — be broken, of neck 1 Samuel 4:18, bones Psalm 34:21, gate-bars Jeremiah 51:30, rod (in figurative) Isaiah 14:21; Jeremiah 48:17, idols Ezekiel 6:4, 6, horn Daniel 8:8, compare Daniel 8:22, arm Job 31:22 (מִקָּנָה), and (in metaphor) Jeremiah 48:25; Job 38:15; Psalm 37:17, compare Ezekiel 30:22, bough Ezekiel 31:12; Isaiah 27:11, compare (figurative) of wickedness, like a tree Job 24:20, other things Psalm 37:15; Jeremiah 50:23; Ezekiel 29:7; Psalm 124:7; cisterns Jeremiah 2:13 (id.), pottery Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 15:12 (P), Ecclesiastes 12:6 (in figurative); = be maimed, crippled (have limb broken), of animal Exodus 22:9; Exodus 22:13 (E), and (figurative) Ezekiel 34:4, 16; Zechariah 11:16, so (figurative of men stumbling) Isaiah 8:15; Isaiah 28:13; be wrecked, of ships 1 Kings 22:49 (read Qr נִשְׁבְּרוּ), || 2 Chronicles 20:37; Jonah 1:4, metaphor of Tyre Ezekiel 27:34; figurative be crushed, destroyed (person, warriors, kingdoms, etc.), Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 22:20; Jeremiah 48:4; Jeremiah 51:8 + 10 times; figurative be broken, of heart Jeremiah 23:9; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 34:19 [Psalm 34:18]; Psalm 51:19, compare רוּחַ נִשׁ׳ Psalm 34:19 [Psalm 34:18]. — Exodus 6:9 read probably וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּ֫י (We Sm Berthol Toy Krae); Co בְּשָׁבְרִי.
Pi.36 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁבַּר Isaiah 21:9 +, שִׁבֵּ֑ר Exodus 9:25, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁבֵּר Psalm 46:10 +, 2nd person masculine plural תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן Exodus 34:13, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׁבֵּר Exodus 23:24; Participle מְשַׁבֵּר 1 Kings 19:11; — shatter, break, tablets Exodus 32:19 (E), Exodus 34:1 (J), Deuteronomy 9:17; Deuteronomy 10:2; מַצֵּבוֺת Exodus 23:24 (E; + Infinitive absolute), Exodus 34:13 (J) + 7 times; images 2 Kings 11:18 + 3 times; bronze sea, etc., 2 Kings 25:13 = Jeremiah 52:17; horns Daniel 8:7; jaws Job 29:17 (in figurative); of hail shattering tree Exodus 9:25 (J), compare 1 Kings 19:11; elsewhere subject י׳, shattering gate-bars, etc., weapons Isaiah 45:2; Isaiah 38:13; Lamentations 2:9; Lamentations 3:4; Psalm 46:10; Psalm 76:4; Psalm 107:16, trees Psalm 29:5; Psalm 105:33, heads of תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; wrecking ship Psalm 48:8.
Hiph. cause to break out, i.e. bring to the birth, Imperfect 1st person singular הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֺלִיד Isaiah 66:9 (י׳ subject; compare מַשְׁבֵּר below).
Hoph. be broken, shattered (in heart), Perfect 1st person singular עַלשֶֿׁבֶר בַּתעַֿמִּי הָשְׁבַּ֑רְתִּי Jeremiah 8:21.

שָׁבוּר Leviticus 22:22 see √ Qal.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8406.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:9; 19:9

Exodus

6:9; 9:25; 9:25; 12:46; 22:9; 22:9; 22:13; 23:24; 23:24; 32:19; 34:1; 34:13; 34:13

Leviticus

6:21; 6:21; 11:33; 15:12; 22:22; 22:22; 22:22; 26:19

Numbers

9:12

Deuteronomy

9:17; 10:2

Judges

7:20

1 Samuel

4:18

1 Kings

13:26; 13:28; 13:28; 19:11; 19:11; 22:49

2 Kings

11:18; 25:13

2 Chronicles

20:37

Job

24:20; 29:17; 31:22; 38:10; 38:15

Psalms

10:15; 10:15; 29:5; 29:5; 34:18; 34:18; 34:21; 37:15; 37:17; 46:10; 46:10; 48:8; 51:19; 51:19; 51:19; 69:21; 74:13; 76:4; 104:11; 105:33; 107:16; 124:7; 147:3; 147:3

Proverbs

25:15; 25:15

Ecclesiastes

12:6; 12:6

Isaiah

8:15; 14:5; 14:5; 14:21; 14:25; 21:9; 27:11; 28:13; 30:14; 38:13; 42:3; 42:3; 45:2; 61:1; 66:9

Jeremiah

2:13; 2:20; 5:5; 8:21; 14:17; 17:18; 17:18; 19:10; 19:11; 19:11; 19:11; 22:20; 23:9; 28:2; 28:4; 28:10; 28:11; 28:12; 28:12; 28:13; 38:8; 48:4; 48:17; 48:25; 48:28; 48:33; 49:35; 50:23; 51:8; 51:30; 52:17

Lamentations

1:15; 2:9; 3:4

Ezekiel

4:16; 6:4; 6:6; 6:9; 27:26; 27:34; 27:34; 29:7; 29:7; 30:21; 30:22; 30:22; 30:24; 31:12; 32:28; 34:4; 34:16

Daniel

8:7; 8:8; 8:22; 11:26

Hosea

1:5; 2:20

Amos

1:5

Jonah

1:4; 1:4

Zechariah

11:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7665 matches the Hebrew שָׁבַר (šāḇar),
which occurs 149 times in 143 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 19:9–Psa 46:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - But they said, “Get out of the way!” And they said, “This man (Lot) came [as an outsider] to live here temporarily, and now he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than your visitors!” So they rushed forward and pressed violently against [fn]Lot and came close to breaking down the door [of his house].
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - The hail struck down everything that was in the field throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and animal; the hail struck and beat down all the plants in the field and shattered every tree in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:46 - “It is to be eaten inside one house; you shall not take any of the meat outside the house, nor shall you break any of its bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 -

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any [other] animal to keep [for him], and it dies or is injured or taken away while no one is looking,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 -

“And if a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it gets injured or dies while its owner is not with it, the borrower shall make full restitution.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not bow down to worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do [anything] in accordance with their practices. You shall completely overthrow them and break down their [sacred] pillars and images [of pagan worship].
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - And as soon as he approached the camp and he saw the calf and the dancing, Moses’ anger burned; and he threw the tablets from his hands and smashed them at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Cut two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on these tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed [when you learned of Israel’s idolatry].

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - “But you shall tear down and destroy their [pagan] altars, smash in pieces their [sacred] pillars (obelisks, images) and cut down their [fn]Asherim
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel shall be scoured and rinsed in water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘As for any earthenware container into which any of these [crawling things] falls, whatever is in it becomes unclean, and you shall break the container.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘An earthenware container that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden container shall be rinsed in water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:22 - ‘Animals that are blind or fractured or mutilated, or have a sore or a running wound or an itch or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD nor make an offering of them by fire on the altar to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - ‘I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk upright [with heads held high as free men].
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - ‘I will break your pride in your power, and I will make your sky like iron [giving no rain and blocking all prayers] and your ground like bronze [hard to plow and yielding no produce].
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - ‘When I break your staff of bread [that is, cut off your supply of food], ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will ration your bread; and you will eat and not be satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - ‘They shall leave none of it until morning nor break any of its bones; in accordance with all the statutes of the Passover they shall observe it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But this is how you shall deal with them: you shall tear down their altars and smash to pieces their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherim (symbols of the goddess Asherah), and burn their carved or sculpted images in the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - “So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands and smashed them before your very eyes!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - ‘I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “You shall tear down their altars and smash their [idolatrous] pillars and burn their [fn]Asherim in the fire; you shall cut down the carved and sculpted images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - When three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backwards by the side of the [city] gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 -

When the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard about it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - And he went and found the body thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion [miraculously] had not eaten the body or attacked the donkey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 -

So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD was passing by, and a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind, [there was] an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:48 - Jehoshaphat had [large cargo] ships of Tarshish constructed to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They utterly smashed his altar and his images to pieces, and they put Mattan the priest of Baal to death in front of the altars. And [Jehoiada] the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called [fn]Nehushtan [a bronze sculpture].
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - He broke in pieces the sacred pillars (cultic memorial stones, images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with human bones [to desecrate the places forever].
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 -

Now the Chaldeans (Babylonians) smashed the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD and their bases and the bronze sea (large basin) which were in the house of the LORD, and carried the bronze to Babylon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - He removed the foreign altars and high places and tore down the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones), and cut to pieces the Asherim [the symbols of the goddess Asherah].
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as [fn]Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell that none of them were found alive; for they were destroyed before the LORD and His army. And they carried away a very large amount of spoil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken down what you have built.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to go to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they smashed its altars and its images to pieces, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all of this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and smashed the [pagan] pillars (obelisks, memorial stones) in pieces, cut down the Asherim (wooden symbols of a female deity), and tore down the high places and the altars [of idolatry] throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons (descendants) of Israel returned to their own cities, each to his own property.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were high above them; he also smashed the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images to pieces, and ground them to dust and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 -

“A mother will forget him;

The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.

And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 -

“And I smashed the jaws of the wicked

And snatched the prey from his teeth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 -

Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket,

And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 -

And marked for it My [appointed] boundary

And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines],

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 -

“Their light is withheld from the wicked,

And the uplifted arm is broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 -

Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!

For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek;

You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 -

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,

Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 -

The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;

Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 -

The LORD is near to the heartbroken

And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 -

He keeps all his bones;

Not one of them is broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 -

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,

And their bow will be broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:17 -

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

But the LORD upholds and sustains the righteous [who seek Him].

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 -

He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth;

He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two;

He burns the chariots with fire.


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