Usually translated as
break, overthrow, beat down, pluck down, pull down, throw down, destroy, ruin, utterly
Occurrences
Hâraç occurs 43 times in 42 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (4), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (4), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (7), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (8), Joel (1), Micah (1), Malachi (1)
- Exodus 15:7 — And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown (תַּהֲרֹ֣ס) them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
- Exodus 19:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through (יֶהֶרְס֤וּ) unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:24 — And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through (יֶֽהֶרְס֛וּ) to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
- Exodus 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow (תְּהָ֣רְסֵ֔ם) them, and quite break down their images.
- Exodus 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow (הָרֵס֙) them, and quite break down their images.
- Judges 6:25 — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down (וְהָרַסְתָּ֗) the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
- 2 Samuel 11:25 — Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow (וְהָרְסָ֖הּ) it: and encourage thou him.
- 1 Kings 18:30 — And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down (הֶהָרֽוּס).
- 1 Kings 19:10 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down (הָרָ֔סוּ) thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 19:14 — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down (הָרָ֔סוּ) thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 2 Kings 3:25 — And they beat down (יַהֲרֹ֡סוּ) the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
- 1 Chronicles 20:1 — And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed (וַיֶּֽהֶרְסֶֽהָ) it.
- Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down (יַ֭הֲרוֹס), and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- Psalms 11:3 — If the foundations be destroyed (יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּן), what can the righteous do?
- Psalms 28:5 — Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy (יֶ֝הֶרְסֵ֗ם) them, and not build them up.
- Psalms 58:6 — Break (הֲרָס) their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
- Proverbs 11:11 — By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown (תֵּהָרֵֽס) by the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 14:1 — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down (תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ) with her hands.
- Proverbs 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down (נֶהֱרָֽסָה).
- Proverbs 29:4 — The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth (יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה) it.
- Isaiah 14:17 — That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed (הָרָ֑ס) the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
- Isaiah 22:19 — And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down (יֶהֶרְסֶֽךָ).
- Isaiah 49:17 — Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers (מְהָֽרְסַ֥יִךְ) and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
- Jeremiah 1:10 — See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down (וְלַהֲר֑וֹס), to build, and to plant.
- Jeremiah 24:6 — For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down (אֶהֱרֹ֔ס); and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Jeremiah 31:28 — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down (וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס), and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 31:40 — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down (יֵהָרֵ֛ס) any more for ever.
- Jeremiah 42:10 — If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down (אֶהֱרֹ֔ס), and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
- Jeremiah 45:4 — Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down (הֹרֵ֔ס), and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
- Jeremiah 50:15 — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down (נֶהֶרְס֖וּ): for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.
- Lamentations 2:2 — The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down (הָרַ֧ס) in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
- Lamentations 2:17 — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down (הָרַ֖ס), and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.
- Ezekiel 13:14 — So will I break down (וְהָ֨רַסְתִּ֜י) the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 16:39 — And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down (וְהָרְס֤וּ) thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.
- Ezekiel 26:4 — And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down (וְהָֽרְסוּ֙) her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
- Ezekiel 26:12 — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down (וְהָֽרְסוּ֙) thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
- Ezekiel 30:4 — And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down (וְנֶהֶרְס֖וּ).
- Ezekiel 36:35 — And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined (וְהַנֶּהֱרָס֖וֹת) cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
- Ezekiel 36:36 — Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined (הַנֶּ֣הֱרָס֔וֹת) places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
- Ezekiel 38:20 — So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down (וְנֶהֶרְס֣וּ), and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
- Joel 1:17 — The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down (נֶהֶרְס֖וּ); for the corn is withered.
- Micah 5:11 — And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down (וְהָרַסְתִּ֖י) all thy strong holds:
- Malachi 1:4 — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down (אֶהֱר֑וֹס); and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.