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Lexicon :: Strong's H2040 - hāras

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הָרַס
Transliteration
hāras
Pronunciation
haw-ras'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 516

Strong’s Definitions

הָרַס hâraç, haw-ras'; a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy:—beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H2040 in the following manner: throw down (13x), break down (9x), overthrow (5x), destroy (4x), pull down (3x), break through (2x), ruined (2x), beat down (1x), pluck down (1x), break (1x), destroyers (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H2040 in the following manner: throw down (13x), break down (9x), overthrow (5x), destroy (4x), pull down (3x), break through (2x), ruined (2x), beat down (1x), pluck down (1x), break (1x), destroyers (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly

    1. (Qal)

      1. to throw down, tear down

      2. to break through

      3. to break down, break away

    2. (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down

    3. (Piel)

      1. to overthrow, tear down

      2. destroyer (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָרַס hâraç, haw-ras'; a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy:—beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, × utterly.
STRONGS H2040: Abbreviations
† הָרַס verb throw down, break or tear down (MI הרם; ? Arabic هَرَسَ, bruise, bray, pound, crush (grain)) —
Qal Perfect הָ׳ Lamentations 2:2, 17; הָרָ֑ס Isaiah 14:17; וְהָרַסְתָּ֫ Judges 6:25 וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 13:14; Micah 5:10; וְהָֽרְסוּ Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 26:4, 12 הָרָ֑סוּ 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Imperfect יַהֲרוֺס Job 12:14; suffix יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 22:19; וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ 1 Chronicles 20:1; יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה Proverbs 29:4 יֶהֶרְסֵם Psalm 28:5; 3rd person feminine singular suffix 3rd person masculine singular תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ Proverbs 14:1; 2nd person masculine singular תַּהֲרֹס Exodus 15:7; אֶהֱרֹס Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 42:10 אֶהֱרוֺס Malachi 1:4; 3rd person masculine plural יֶהֶרְסוּ Exodus 19:21, 24; יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ 2 Kings 3:25; Imperative הֲרָסֿ Psalm 58:7; suffix הָרְסָהּ 2 Samuel 11:25; Infinitive הֲרֹס Jeremiah 31:28 הֲרוֺס Jeremiah 1:10; Participle active הֹרֵס Jeremiah 45:4; passive הָרוּס 1 Kings 18:30; —
1. throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; height (גַּב, where idol-altar stood ? compare גֶּב below גבב) Ezekiel 16:39; city (cities) Isaiah 14:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Kings 3:25; 1 Chronicles 20:1 (compare MI27) Malachi 1:4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 26:12; house Proverbs 14:1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (מִבְצָרִים) Lamentations 2:2; Micah 5:10; tower(s) Ezekiel 26:4; figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Proverbs 29:4 (opposed to יַעֲמִיד); object men Exodus 15:7 (poem in E) Isaiah 22:19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Psalm 28:5, compare (without object) Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 42:10; object indefinite אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס Jeremiah 45:4; absolute Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 31:28; Lamentations 2:17; Job 12:14.
2. break down, break away שִׁנֵּימוֺ בְּפִימוֺ ה׳ Psalm 58:7 break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.
3. break through, intransitive, followed by אֶליֿ׳ Exodus 19:21; followed by לַעֲלֹת אֶליֿ׳, Exodus 19:24 (both J).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶהֱרָ֑סָה Proverbs 24:31; 3rd person plural נֶהֶרְסוּ Jeremiah 50:15; Joel 1:17; וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consecutive Ezekiel 30:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Imperfect יֵהָרֵס Jeremiah 31:40; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּהָרֵס Proverbs 11:11; יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Psalm 11:3; Participle הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, 36; — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Proverbs 24:31, of city Jeremiah 50:15; cities Ezekiel 36:35 compare Ezekiel 36:36; figurative ruined Proverbs 11:11 (opposed to תָּרוּם); foundations, יְסוֺדֹת Ezekiel 30:4; שָׁתוֺת Psalm 11:3; mountains Ezekiel 38:20; storehouses מַמְּגֻרוֺת Joel 1:17 [see מ׳]; valley east of Jerusalem לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס Jeremiah 31:40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal.
Pi. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exodus 23:24; Infinitive absolute הָרֵס Exodus 23:24; Participle plural suffix מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — overthrow, tear down הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exodus 23:24 thou shalt utterly tear them down (J E; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Isaiah 49:17 (|| מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:7; 15:7; 19:21; 19:21; 19:24; 19:24; 23:24; 23:24; 23:24

Judges

6:25; 6:25

2 Samuel

11:25; 11:25

1 Kings

18:30; 18:30; 19:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:14

2 Kings

3:25; 3:25

1 Chronicles

20:1; 20:1

Job

12:14; 12:14

Psalms

11:3; 11:3; 28:5; 28:5; 58:7; 58:7

Proverbs

11:11; 11:11; 14:1; 14:1; 24:31; 24:31; 29:4; 29:4

Isaiah

14:17; 14:17; 22:19; 22:19; 49:17; 49:17

Jeremiah

1:10; 1:10; 24:6; 24:6; 31:28; 31:28; 31:40; 31:40; 42:10; 42:10; 45:4; 45:4; 50:15; 50:15

Lamentations

2:2; 2:2; 2:17; 2:17

Ezekiel

13:14; 13:14; 16:39; 16:39; 26:4; 26:4; 26:12; 26:12; 30:4; 30:4; 36:35; 36:35; 36:36; 36:36; 38:20; 38:20

Joel

1:17; 1:17

Micah

5:10; 5:10

Malachi

1:4; 1:4

H2040

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2040 matches the Hebrew הָרַס (hāras),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - In the greatness of your excellency, you overthrow those who rise up against you: You send forth your wrath. It consumes them as stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - The LORD said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aharon up with you, but don't let the Kohanim and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth on them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - It happened the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Ba`al that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you tell Yo'av, Don't let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Eliyah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - He said, I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,; for the children of Yisra'el have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - He said, I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,; for the children of Yisra'el have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-Hareset only they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - It happened, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Yo'av led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of `Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Yerushalayim. Yo'av struck Rabbah, and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - Behold, he breaks down, and it can't be built again; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:3 - If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5 - Because they don't regard the works of the LORD, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11 - By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalted, But it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 - Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 - Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4 - The king by justice makes the land stable, But he who takes bribes tears it down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it; who didn't let loose his prisoners to their home?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:19 - I will thrust you from your office; and from your station shall you be pulled down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - Your children make haste; your destroyers and those who made you waste shall go forth from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - behold, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6 - For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:4 - Thus shall you tell him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout against her round about: she has submitted herself; her bulwarks are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Ya`akov, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Yehudah; He has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and the princes of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done that which he purposed; he has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He has thrown down, and has not pitied: He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; he has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation of it shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it: and you shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places; and they shall strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels; and they shall leave you naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - They shall destroy the walls of Tzor, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - They shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise; and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses; and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the midst of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword shall come on Mitzrayim, and anguish shall be in Kush, when the slain shall fall in Mitzrayim; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of `Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I, the LORD, have built the ruined places, and planted that which was desolate: I, the LORD, have spoken it, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the eretz, and all the men who are on the surface of the eretz, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 - The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - I will cut off the cities of your land, And will tear down all your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says the LORD of Hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom the LORD shows wrath forever."
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