Strong's H7665 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׁבַר (shâbar)

Pronunciation: shaw-bar'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

Definition: to burst (literally or figuratively)

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 שָׂבַר (sâbar) H7663)

Senses

1. to break, break in pieces
   1. (Qal)
      1. break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
      2. to break, rupture (fig)
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
      2. to be broken, be crushed (fig)
   3. (Piel) to shatter, break
   4. (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
   5. (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered

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