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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
Dictionary Aids

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 2 / 3 (Psa 48:7–Jer 48:25)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:7 -

With the east wind

You break H7665 the ships of Tarshish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:17 -

The sacrifices of God are a broken H7665 spirit;

A broken H7665 and a [fn]contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 -

Reproach has broken H7665 my heart and I am so sick.

And I hoped for sympathy, but there was none,

And for comforters, but I found none.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 -

You divided the sea by Your strength;

You broke H7665 the heads of the sea monsters [fn]in the waters.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:3 -

There He broke H7665 the [fn]flaming arrows,

The shield and the sword and the battle. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 -

They give water to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench H7665 their thirst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 -

And He called for a famine upon the land;

He broke H7665 the whole staff of bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:33 -

He also struck down their vines and their fig trees,

And He shattered H7665 the trees of their territory.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:16 -

For He has shattered H7665 the doors of bronze

And cut through the bars of iron.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:7 -

Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper;

The snare is broken H7665 and we have escaped.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:3 -

He is the One who heals the brokenhearted H7665

And who binds up their [fn]wounds,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:15 -

Therefore his disaster will come suddenly;

Instantly he will be broken H7665 and there will be no healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:15 -

When one is slow to anger, a ruler may be persuaded,

And a soft tongue breaks H7665 the bone.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -

A man who hardens his neck after much reproof

Will suddenly be broken H7665 [fn]beyond healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Remember Him before the silver [fn]cord is [fn]snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is broken H7665 and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:15 -

“And many will stumble over them;

Then they will fall and be broken H7665;

They will even be snared and caught.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:5 -

“Yahweh has broken H7665 the staff of the wicked,

The scepter of rulers

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - to break H7665 Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 -

“Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you,

Because the rod that struck you is broken H7665;

For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,

And its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 -

“Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”

And one answered and said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon;

And all the graven images of her gods [fn]are shattered H7665 on the ground.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 -

The city of chaos is broken H7665 down H7665;

Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 -

When its limbs are dry, they are broken H7665 off;

Women come and light a fire with them,

For they are not a people of discernment,

Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them.

And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

So the word of Yahweh to them will be,

[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there,”

That they may go and stumble backward, be broken H7665, snared, and taken captive.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose breaking H7665 is like the breaking of a potter’s jar,

[fn]So ruthlessly shattered

That a potsherd will not be found among its pieces

To [fn]take fire from a hearth

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 -

“I soothed my soul until morning.

Like a lion—so He shatters H7665 all my bones;

From day until night You make an end of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:3 -

“A crushed reed He will not break H7665

And a faintly burning wick He will not extinguish;

He will bring forth justice in truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:2 -

“I will go before you and make the [fn]rough places smooth;

I will shatter H7665 the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:1 -

The Spirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me

Because Yahweh has anointed me

To bring good news to the [fn]afflicted;

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted H7665,

To proclaim release to captives

And [fn]freedom to prisoners,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:9 -

“Shall I bring H7665 to H7665 the H7665 point H7665 of H7665 breaking H7665 forth H7665 and not cause birth?” says Yahweh.

“Or shall I who causes birth shut the womb?” says your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 -

“For My people have done two evils:

They have forsaken Me,

The fountain of living waters,

To hew for themselves cisterns,

Broken H7665 cisterns

That can hold no water.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 -

“For long ago [fn]I broke H7665 your yoke

And tore off your bonds;

But you said, ‘I will not serve!’

For on every high hill

And under every green tree

You have lain down as a harlot.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 -

“Let me go to the great

And let me speak to them,

For they know the way of Yahweh

And the legal judgment of their God.”

But they too, altogether, have broken H7665 the yoke

And torn apart the bonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:21 -

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken H7665;

I mourn, desolation has taken hold of me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 -

“And you will say this word to them,

‘Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day,

And let them not cease,

For the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered H7665 with a mighty shattering,

With a sorely sick wound.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 -

Let those who pursue me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;

Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.

Bring on them a day of calamity,

And [fn]crush H7665 them with twofold [fn]crushing!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:10 -

“Then you are to break H7665 the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Just so will I break H7665 this people and this city, even as one breaks H7665 a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth [fn]because there is no other place for burial.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:20 -

“Go up to Lebanon and cry out,

And lift up your voice in Bashan;

Cry out also from Abarim,

For all your lovers have been broken H7665.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:9 -

As for the prophets:

My heart is broken H7665 within me;

All my bones tremble;

I have become like a drunken man,

Even like a man overcome with wine,

Because of Yahweh

And because of His holy words.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘I have broken H7665 the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:4 - ‘I am also going to return to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for I will break H7665 the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:10 -

Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar of the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke H7665 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah spoke in the sight of all the people, saying, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Even so will I break H7665 within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:12 -

Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken H7665 the bar of the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:13 - “Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You have broken H7665 the bars of a yoke made of wood, but you have made in their place the bars of a yoke made of iron.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 -

‘And it will be in that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘that I will break H7665 his yoke from off your neck and will tear off your bonds; and strangers will no longer make [fn]them their slaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He will also shatter H7665 the [fn]sacred pillars of [fn]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:4 -

“Moab is broken H7665;

Her little ones have made their cry of distress heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:17 -

“Mourn for him, all you who live around him,

Even all of you who know his name;

Say, ‘How has the strong [fn]scepter been broken H7665,

A staff of beauty!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:25 - “The horn of Moab has been cut in pieces and his arm broken H7665,” declares Yahweh.

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