Usually translated as
broken, break, hurt, destroy, brokenhearted, bring to the birth, crush, quench, quite, tear, view
Occurrences
Shâbar occurs 144 times in 139 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (8), Leviticus (7), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (4), Judges (1), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (6), Job (5), Psalms (18), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (26), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (20), Daniel (8), Hosea (2), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (1)
- 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 (לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר) the door.
- Exodus 9:25 — And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and (שִׁבֵּֽר) brake every tree of the field.
- Exodus 12:46 — In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break (תִשְׁבְּרוּ) a bone thereof.
- Exodus 22:10 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt (נִשְׁבַּ֥ר), or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:14 — And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt (וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ר), or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
- Exodus 23:24 — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down (תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר) 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 them, and quite break down (וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר) their images.
- Exodus 32:19 — And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and (וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר) brake them beneath the mount.
- Exodus 34:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou (שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ) brakest.
- Exodus 34:13 — But ye shall destroy their altars, break (תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן) their images, and cut down their groves:
- Leviticus 6:28 — But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken (יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר): and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 11:33 — And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break (תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ) it.
- Leviticus 15:12 — And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken (יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר): and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 22:22 — Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:13 — I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken (וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙) the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
- Leviticus 26:19 — And I will break (וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י) the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
- Leviticus 26:26 — And when I have broken (בְּשִׁבְרִ֣י) the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Numbers 9:12 — They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break (יִשְׁבְּרוּ) any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
- Deuteronomy 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down (תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּ) their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 9:17 — And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and (וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם) brake them before your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 10:2 — And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou (שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּ) brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
- Deuteronomy 12:3 — And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break (וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙) their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
- Judges 7:20 — And the three companies blew the trumpets, and (וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּ) brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
- 1 Kings 13:26 — And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn (וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵ֙הוּ֙) him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
- 1 Kings 13:28 — And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn (שָׁבַ֖ר) the ass.
- 1 Kings 19:11 — And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces (וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤ר) the rocks 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:
- 1 Kings 22:48 — Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken (נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ) at Ezion-geber.
- 2 Kings 18:4 — He removed the high places, and (וְשִׁבַּר֙) brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 23:14 — And he brake in pieces (וְשִׁבַּר֙) the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
- 2 Kings 25:13 — And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces (שִׁבְּר֣וּ), and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down (וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙) the images, and cut down the groves:
- 2 Chronicles 14:13 — And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed (נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ) before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
- 2 Chronicles 20:37 — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken (וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ), that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 — Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces (שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ), and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces (וַיְשַׁבְּר֣וּ), and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 — And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces (שִׁבַּ֣ר), and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
- Job 24:20 — The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken (וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר) as a tree.
- Job 29:17 — And (וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָה) I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
- Job 31:22 — Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken (תִשָּׁבֵֽר) from the bone.
- Job 38:10 — And brake up (וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר) for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
- Job 38:15 — And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken (תִּשָּׁבֵֽר).
- Psalms 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken (שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ) the teeth of the ungodly.
- Psalms 10:15 — Break (שְׁ֭בֹר) thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
- Psalms 29:5 — The voice of the LORD breaketh (שֹׁבֵ֣ר) the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
- Psalms 29:5 — The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh (וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר) the cedars of Lebanon.
- Psalms 34:18 — The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken (לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי) heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
- Psalms 34:20 — He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken (נִשְׁבָּֽרָה).
- Psalms 37:15 — Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken (תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה).
- Psalms 37:17 — For the arms of the wicked shall be broken (תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָה): but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
- Psalms 46:9 — He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh (יְ֭שַׁבֵּר) the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.