הָרַס
hâraç · haw-ras'
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the head, the highest › to support and uphold
To reveal, behold of the head, the highest that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הָרַס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
43 occurrences · 43 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and throw down2 · 7%
- thrown down2 · 7%
- and destroyed2 · 7%
- and to throw down2 · 7%
- he hath thrown down2 · 7%
- thou hast overthrown1 · 3%
- lest they break through1 · 3%
- break through1 · 3%
- but thou shalt utterly1 · 3%
- overthrow1 · 3%
- and overthrow1 · 3%
- that was broken down1 · 3%
- and they beat down1 · 3%
- behold, he breaketh down1 · 3%
- be destroyed1 · 3%
- he shall destroy1 · 3%
- break1 · 3%
- but it is overthrown1 · 3%
- plucketh it down1 · 3%
- thereof was broken down1 · 3%
- overthroweth1 · 3%
- shall he pull thee down1 · 3%
- thy destroyers1 · 3%
- them, and not pull them down1 · 3%
- nor thrown down1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.