Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H7665 - šāḇar

Choose a new font size and typeface
שָׁבַר
Transliteration
šāḇar
Pronunciation
shaw-bar'
Listen
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

H7665

Read the Full Entry

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)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields—both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:46 - “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “If anyone borrows an animal from their neighbor and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, they must make restitution.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 - The LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - “ ‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:22 - Do not offer to the LORD the blind, the injured or the maimed, or anything with warts or festering or running sores. Do not place any of these on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles[fn] and burn their idols in the fire.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - The three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[fn] Israel forty years.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard of it, he said, “It is the man of God who defied the word of the LORD. The LORD has given him over to the lion, which has mauled him and killed him, as the word of the LORD had warned him.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - Then he went out and found the body lying on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had neither eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:48 - Now Jehoshaphat built a fleet of trading ships[fn] to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail—they were wrecked at Ezion Geber.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[fn])

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - Josiah smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the LORD and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. Such a great number of Cushites fell that they could not recover; they were crushed before the LORD and his forces. The men of Judah carried off a large amount of plunder.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - Under his direction the altars of the Baals were torn down; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them, and smashed the Asherah poles and the idols. These he broke to pieces and scattered over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 - Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not otherwise be found out.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 - The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 - he protects all his bones, not one of them will be broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:17 - for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields[fn] with fire.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/3 (Gen 19:9–Psa 46:9) Gen 19:9–Psa 46:9

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Psa 48:7–Jer 48:25

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Jer 48:38–Zec 11:16

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan