The meaning of “שָׁבַר”
Understanding shâbar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, te...
שָׁבַר
break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for שָׂבַר). - to burst (literally or figuratively) 1) to break, break in pieces 1a) (Qal) 1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench 1a2) to break, rupture (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked 1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig) 1c) (Piel) to shatter, break 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth 1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 19:9 | “And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.” Word: שָׁבַר (shâbar) | |
| Deuteronomy 10:2 | “And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.” Word: שָׁבַר (shâbar) | |
| 2 Kings 23:14 | “And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.” Word: שָׁבַר (shâbar) | |
| Proverbs 25:15 | “By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.” Word: שָׁבַר (shâbar) | |
| Lamentations 2:9 | “Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.” Word: שָׁבַר (shâbar) |
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