Quick Definition
to break
Strong's Definition
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).
TWOT Reference: 2321
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבַר (sha.var) — to break. 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 Aramaic equivalent: te.var (תְּבַר "to break" H8406)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁבר
verb · מַשְׁבֵּר · מִשְׁבָּר · שָׁבוּר · שֶׁבֶר · שִׁבָּרֹון · שְׁבָרִים
Impact | verb pi, verb qal, verb nif
to break, to shatter = causative action or process by which humans or deities cause an object to be broken into two or more pieces; ≈ sometimes use figuratively to denote the sudden end of a certain condition or situation
GEN 19:9 · EXO 9:25 · EXO 12:46 · EXO 23:24 · EXO 23:24 · EXO 32:19 · EXO 34:1 · EXO 34:13 · LEV 6:21 · LEV 11:33 · LEV 15:12 · LEV 26:13 · NUM 9:12 · DEU 7:5 · DEU 9:17 · DEU 10:2 · DEU 12:3 · JDG 7:20 · 1SA 4:18 · 1KI 19:11 · 1KI 22:49 · 2KI 11:18 · 2KI 18:4 · 2KI 23:14 · 2KI 25:13 · 2CH 14:2 · 2CH 20:37 · 2CH 23:17 · 2CH 31:1 · 2CH 34:4 · JOB 29:17 · JOB 31:22 · PSA 3:8 · PSA 29:5 · PSA 29:5 · PSA 34:21 · PSA 37:15 · PSA 46:10 · PSA 48:8 · PSA 74:13 · PSA 76:4 · PSA 105:33 · PSA 107:16 · PSA 124:7 · PRO 25:15 · ECC 12:6 · ISA 14:5 · ISA 14:29 · ISA 21:9 · ISA 24:10 · ISA 27:11 · ISA 30:14 · ISA 38:13 · ISA 42:3 · ISA 45:2 · JER 2:13 · JER 2:20 · JER 5:5 · JER 19:10 · JER 19:11 · JER 28:2 · JER 28:4 · JER 28:10 · JER 28:11 · JER 28:12 · JER 28:13 · JER 30:8 · JER 43:13 · JER 48:17 · JER 49:35 · JER 50:23 · JER 51:30 · JER 52:17 · LAM 2:9 · LAM 3:4 · EZK 6:4 · EZK 6:6 · EZK 27:26 · EZK 27:34 · EZK 29:7 · EZK 30:18 · EZK 31:12 · EZK 34:27 · DAN 8:7 · DAN 8:8 · DAN 8:22 · HOS 1:5 · HOS 2:20 · AMO 1:5 · JON 1:4 · NAM 1:13
Impact | verb qal, verb nif
to maul, to tear, to injure literally: to break; hence: = causative action or process by which humans, deities, animals, or circumstances cause (other) humans or animals to be severely injured
EXO 22:9 · EXO 22:13 · 1KI 13:26 · 1KI 13:28 · PRO 6:15 · PRO 29:1 · ISA 8:15 · ISA 28:13 · JER 17:18 · LAM 1:15 · EZK 34:4 · EZK 34:16 · ZEC 11:16
Birth | verb hif
to bring about birth literally: to break (the womb); hence: = causative process by which deities cause women to give birth
End
to end, to bring to an end literally: to break (an event); hence: = causative action or process by which humans or deities bring an event or situation to an end
LEV 26:19 · JOB 24:20 · PSA 104:11 · DAN 11:4
Grieve | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: שׁבר לֵב
to break (someone's) heart > to cause profound grief literally: to break (someone's) heart; hence: = causative process by which deities or circumstances cause humans to suffer profound grief
PSA 34:19 · PSA 51:19 · PSA 69:21 · PSA 147:3 · ISA 61:1 · JER 23:9
Grieve | verb nif
Collocation: שׁבר רוּחַ
to break (someone's) spirit > to cause profound grief literally: to break (someone's) spirit; hence: = causative process by which deities or circumstances cause humans to suffer profound grief
Grieve | verb nif
to break > to grieve literally: to break (someone); hence: = causative process by which humans, deities, or circumstances cause (other) humans and deities to suffer profound grief
Happen | verb qal
to set, to prescribe literally: to break (limits); hence: = causative process by which deities put certain conditions in place
Hunger | verb qal
Collocation: שׁבר מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם
to break the staff of bread > to break the supply of bread literally: to break the staff of bread; hence: = causative process by which deities cause food to be in short supply which results in famine
LEV 26:26 · PSA 105:16 · EZK 4:16 · EZK 5:16 · EZK 14:13
Weak | verb qal, verb nif
Collocation: שׁבר זְרֹועַ
to break (someone's) arm > to break (someone's) power literally: to break (someone's) arm; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause individuals or nations to lose their power over others
JOB 38:15 · PSA 10:15 · PSA 37:17 · JER 48:25 · EZK 30:21 · EZK 30:22 · EZK 30:22 · EZK 30:24
Weak | verb qal, verb nif
to break > to crush (military power) literally: to break (an army or nation); hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause armies and nations to lose their power over others
2CH 14:12 · ISA 14:25 · JER 14:17 · JER 19:11 · JER 22:20 · JER 48:4 · JER 48:38 · JER 51:8 · EZK 26:2 · EZK 30:8 · EZK 32:28 · DAN 8:25 · DAN 11:20 · DAN 11:22 · DAN 11:26
verb · שֶׁבֶר
Possess | verb qal
to buy grain = action by which humans acquire grain and other food ◄ by means of a financial transaction or in another way
GEN 41:56 · GEN 41:57 · GEN 42:2 · GEN 42:3 · GEN 42:5 · GEN 42:7 · GEN 42:10 · GEN 43:2 · GEN 43:4 · GEN 43:20 · GEN 43:22 · GEN 44:25 · GEN 47:14 · DEU 2:6 · ISA 55:1 · ISA 55:1
1 1KI 22:49 MT-K נשׁברו | MT-Q נִשְׁבְּרוּ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁבַר 148 vb. break, break in pieces Qal 53 break, lit.
Niph. 57 be broken
Pi. 26 shatter, break
Hiph. cause to break out, i.e. bring to the birth
Hoph. be broken, shattered (in heart)
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