Quick Definition
breaking
Strong's Definition
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Derivation: or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר);
KJV Usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
TWOT Reference: 2321a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
1b) crashing
1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation
1d) quarries
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
1b) crashing
1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation
1d) quarries
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁבֶר / שֶׁבֶר
sheber / shêber
BDB Definition:
1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering
1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing
1b) crashing
1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation
1d) quarries
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7665
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2321a
Total KJV Occurrences: 44