שֶׁבֶר
sheber · sheh'-ber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר);
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
- a fracture, figuratively, ruin
- specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
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 שֶׁבֶר 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
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- destruction9 · 24%
- and destruction3 · 8%
- breach2 · 5%
- of destruction2 · 5%
- for the destruction2 · 5%
- that is brokenfooted1 · 3%
- or brokenhanded1 · 3%
- for breach1 · 3%
- and the interpretation1 · 3%
- by reason of breakings1 · 3%
- the breaches1 · 3%
- therein is a breach1 · 3%
- and the destruction1 · 3%
- whose breaking1 · 3%
- it as the breaking1 · 3%
- the breach1 · 3%
- nor destruction1 · 3%
- for vexation1 · 3%
- upon destruction1 · 3%
- also the hurt1 · 3%
- the hurt1 · 3%
- for the hurt1 · 3%
- is me for my hurt1 · 3%
- thy bruise1 · 3%
- thou for thine affliction1 · 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.