שָׁבַר
shâbar · shaw-bar'
to deal in grain
Lexicon
Derivation: denominative from H7668 (שֶׁבֶר);
to deal in grain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: buy, sell.
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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to buy5 · 24%
- buy2 · 10%
- and buy2 · 10%
- all the storehouses, and sold1 · 5%
- for to buy1 · 5%
- thither, and buy1 · 5%
- and he it was that sold1 · 5%
- but to buy1 · 5%
- which they bought1 · 5%
- ye shall buy1 · 5%
- thou shalt sell1 · 5%
- of him that selleth1 · 5%
- ye, buy1 · 5%
- that we may sell1 · 5%
- yea, and sell1 · 5%
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.