שָׁבַר
shâbar · shaw-bar'
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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)).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁבַר 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
147 occurrences · 147 OT · 0 NT · 128 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and brake10 · 14%
- shall be broken8 · 12%
- is broken4 · 6%
- that i will break3 · 4%
- breaketh3 · 4%
- broken3 · 4%
- hath broken3 · 4%
- i have broken3 · 4%
- in pieces2 · 3%
- brake2 · 3%
- which thou brakest2 · 3%
- were broken2 · 3%
- are broken2 · 3%
- and viewed2 · 3%
- behold, i will break2 · 3%
- and i will break2 · 3%
- he hath broken2 · 3%
- and be broken2 · 3%
- thou hast broken2 · 3%
- and broken2 · 3%
- be broken2 · 3%
- that which was broken2 · 3%
- break2 · 3%
- neither shall ye break1 · 1%
- to break1 · 1%
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.