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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

H7665

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:46 - “In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and completely break down their sacred pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:19 - So it was, as soon as he came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. So Moses’ anger became hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - “But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken. And if it is boiled in a bronze pot, it shall be both scoured and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘Any earthen vessel into which any of them falls you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘The vessel of earth that he who has the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:22 - ‘Those that are blind or broken or maimed, or have an ulcer or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves;
I have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:19 - I will break the pride of your power;
I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - ‘They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus you shall deal with them: you shall destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images,[fn] and burn their carved images with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:17 - “Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:2 - ‘And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you shall put them in the ark.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers—they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing—and they cried, “The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - Now when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, “It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:28 - Then he went and found his corpse thrown on the road, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse. The lion had not eaten the corpse nor torn the donkey.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:11 - Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:48 - Jehoshaphat made merchant ships[fn] to go to Ophir for gold; but they never sailed, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion Geber.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal, and tore it down. They thoroughly broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image[fn] and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images, and filled their places with the bones of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:13 - The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:13 - And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So the Ethiopians were overthrown, and they could not recover, for they were broken before the LORD and His army. And they carried away very much spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:17 - And all the people went to the temple[fn] of Baal, and tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the sacred pillars in pieces, cut down the wooden images, and threw down the high places and the altars—from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh—until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:10 - When I fixed My limit for it,
And set bars and doors;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:15 - From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the upraised arm is broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD;
Save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 - Break the arm of the wicked and the evil man;
Seek out his wickedness until You find none.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars,
Yes, the LORD splinters the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:18 - The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:20 - He guards all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:15 - Their sword shall enter their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:17 - For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the LORD upholds the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.

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