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Hebrew verb · H7665

שָׁבַר

shabarshaw-bar'

to break

147 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: shâbar

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7665is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 128
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: 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)).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

shabar is rendered "to break". It stands 147 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.

  • Twenty-eight of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
  • The Greek text spells it 128 different ways.

The first use

“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

Genesis 19:9לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • I will break9
  • and I will break7
  • it is broken5
  • broken4
  • he will be broken4
  • it will be broken4
  • they broke4
  • and I broke3
  • and it was broken3
  • and they will be broken3
  • they will be broken3
  • to broken of3

and 77 more, 147 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׁבַעshabato swearUses186
שָׁבַתshabathto ceaseUses71
שָׁבָהshabahto take captiveUses47
שָׁבַרshabarto buy grainUses21
שָׁבוּעַshabuaWeeksUses20
שָׁבַחshabachto sootheUses11
שָׁבַץshabatsto weaveUses2
שָׁבִילshabilpathUses2
שָׁבָבshababfragmentUses1
שָׁבָץshabatsagonyUses1
שָׁבִיבshabibflameUses1
שָׁבִיסshabisheadbandUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 147, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

128 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙3
  • נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ3
  • שִׁבְּר֣וּ3
  • אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר2
  • וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר2
  • וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙2
  • וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ2
  • וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ2
  • וְשִׁבַּר֙2
  • יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר2
  • יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר2
  • לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־2

and 116 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqq1cs7Hc/Vqq1cs
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular7HVNp3fs
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVNi3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVpp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular6HVqi1cs
  • Hc/VNq3cp5Hc/VNq3cp
  • Hc/Vpw3ms5Hc/Vpw3ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVNp3cp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVNp3ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVpp2ms
  • verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVpp3cp
  • Hc/VNw3fs3Hc/VNw3fs

Genesis

one use
  • “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

    Genesis 19:9

    • לִשְׁבֹּ֥רlishborpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break down

Exodus

nine uses
  • Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

    Exodus 9:25

    • שִׁבֵּֽר׃shiberverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it shattered
  • It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

    Exodus 12:46

    • תִשְׁבְּרוּ־tishberu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will break
  • If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,

    Exodus 22:10

    • נִשְׁבַּ֥רnishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was maimed
  • If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

    Exodus 22:14

    • וְנִשְׁבַּ֣רvenishbarHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be maimed
  • You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

    Exodus 23:24

    • וְשַׁבֵּ֥רveshaberconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and totally shatter
    • תְּשַׁבֵּ֖רteshaberverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will shatter into pieces
  • As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.

    Exodus 32:19

    • וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רvayshaberHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he broke in pieces
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

    Exodus 34:1

    • שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃shibartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you shattered
  • Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

    Exodus 34:13

    • תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּןteshaberunverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will break down

Leviticus

six uses
  • The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

    Leviticus 6:28

    • יִשָּׁבֵ֑רyishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be broken
  • If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

    Leviticus 11:33

    • תִשְׁבֹּֽרוּ׃tishboruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will break
  • Any clay pot that the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed with water.

    Leviticus 15:12

    • יִשָּׁבֵ֑רyishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be broken
  • I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.

    Leviticus 26:13

    • וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙vaeshborHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I broke
  • I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

    Leviticus 26:19

    • וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖יveshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
  • When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

    Leviticus 26:26

    • בְּשִׁבְרִ֣יbeshivripreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when break I

Numbers

one use
  • they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.

    Numbers 9:12

    • יִשְׁבְּרוּ־yishberu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will break

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

    Deuteronomy 7:5

    • תְּשַׁבֵּ֑רוּteshaberuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will shatter
  • So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.

    Deuteronomy 9:17

    • וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖םvaashaberemHc/Vpw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I broke them
  • And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”

    Deuteronomy 10:2

    • שִׁבַּ֑רְתָּshibartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you shattered
  • Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

    Deuteronomy 12:3

    • וְשִׁבַּרְתֶּם֙veshibartemHc/Vpq2mptagged: and you will shatter

Judges

one use
  • The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

    Judges 7:20

    • וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּvaiyishberuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they broke

1 Samuel

one use
  • As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.

    1 Samuel 4:18

    • וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֤רvatishaverHc/VNw3fstagged: and it was broken

1 Kings

four uses
  • When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him.”

    1 Kings 13:26

    • וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵ֙הוּ֙vaiyishberehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and it has mauled him
  • and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.

    1 Kings 13:28

    • שָׁבַ֖רshavarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had mauled
  • Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

    1 Kings 19:11

    • וּמְשַׁבֵּ֤רumeshaberconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and breaking
  • Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

    1 Kings 22:48

    • נִשְׁבְּר֥וּnishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were broken

2 Kings

four uses
  • So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.

    2 Kings 11:18

    • שִׁבְּר֣וּshiberuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they broke
  • He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.

    2 Kings 18:4

    • וְשִׁבַּר֙veshibarHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he broke
  • He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and covered the sites with human bones.

    2 Kings 23:14

    • וְשִׁבַּר֙veshibarHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he broke
  • Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

    2 Kings 25:13

    • שִׁבְּר֣וּshiberuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they broke

2 Chronicles

six uses
  • He removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and chopped down the Asherah poles.

    2 Chronicles 14:3

    • וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙vayshaberHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he broke down
  • Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

    2 Chronicles 14:13

    • נִשְׁבְּר֥וּnishberuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had been broken
  • Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

    2 Chronicles 20:37

    • וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּvaiyishaveruHc/VNw3mptagged: and they were broken
  • So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

    2 Chronicles 23:17

    • שִׁבֵּ֑רוּshiberuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they broke
  • When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.

    2 Chronicles 31:1

    • וַיְשַׁבְּר֣וּvayshaberuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they broke
  • Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

    2 Chronicles 34:4

    • שִׁבַּ֣רshibarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he broke in pieces

Job

five uses
  • The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

    Job 24:20

    • וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖רvatishaverHc/VNw3fstagged: and it was broken
  • I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

    Job 29:17

    • וָֽ֭אֲשַׁבְּרָהvaashaberahHc/Vpw1cs/Shtagged: and I broke
  • then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

    Job 31:22

    • תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃tishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it be broken
  • when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,

    Job 38:10

    • וָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רvaeshborHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I broke
  • Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

    Job 38:15

    • תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃tishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is broken

Psalms

twenty-one uses
  • Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

    Psalms 3:7

    • שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃shibartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have broken
  • Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

    Psalms 10:15

    • שְׁ֭בֹרshevorverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: break
  • The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

    Psalms 29:5

    • שֹׁבֵ֣רshoververb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: breaking
    • וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥רvayshaberHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he broke in pieces
  • The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

    Psalms 34:18

    • לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־lenishberei-preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to broken of
  • He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

    Psalms 34:20

    • נִשְׁבָּֽרָה׃nishbarahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is broken
  • But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

    Psalms 37:15

    • תִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃tishavarnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be broken
  • For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

    Psalms 37:17

    • תִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָהtishavarnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be broken
  • He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

    Psalms 46:9

    • יְ֭שַׁבֵּרyeshaberverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breaks
  • With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

    Psalms 48:7

    • תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗רteshaberverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you shatter
  • The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

    Psalms 51:17

    • נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥הnishbarahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: broken
    • נִשְׁבָּ֥רnishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: broken
  • Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.

    Psalms 69:20

    • שָֽׁבְרָ֥הshaverahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has broken
  • You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

    Psalms 74:13

    • שִׁבַּ֖רְתָּshibartaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you shattered
  • There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah

    Psalms 76:3

    • שִׁבַּ֣רshibarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he shattered
  • They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

    Psalms 104:11

    • יִשְׁבְּר֖וּyishberuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they break
  • He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

    Psalms 105:16

    • שָׁבָֽר׃shavarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he broke
  • He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

    Psalms 105:33

    • וַ֝יְשַׁבֵּ֗רvayshaberHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he broke down
  • For He has broken down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

    Psalms 107:16

    • שִׁ֭בַּרshibarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breaks down
  • We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

    Psalms 124:7

    • נִשְׁבָּ֗רnishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: broken
  • He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

    Psalms 147:3

    • לִשְׁב֣וּרֵיlishvureipreposition + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to broken of

Proverbs

three uses
  • Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

    Proverbs 6:15

    • יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רyishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be broken
  • Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

    Proverbs 25:15

    • תִּשְׁבָּר־tishbor-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will break
  • A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

    Proverbs 29:1

    • יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗רyishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be broken

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,

    Ecclesiastes 12:6

    • וְתִשָּׁ֤בֶרvetishaverHC/VNu3fstagged: so it may be broken

Isaiah

fourteen uses
  • Many will stumble over these; they will fall and be broken; they will be ensnared and captured.”

    Isaiah 8:15

    • וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּvenishbaruHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be broken
  • The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

    Isaiah 14:5

    • שָׁבַ֥רshavarverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has broken
  • I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

    Isaiah 14:25

    • לִשְׁבֹּ֤רlishborpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break
  • Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

    Isaiah 14:29

    • נִשְׁבַּ֖רnishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been broken
  • Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

    Isaiah 21:9

    • שִׁבַּ֥רshibarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone has broken
  • The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.

    Isaiah 24:10

    • נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הnishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been broken
  • When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

    Isaiah 27:11

    • תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָהtishavarnahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they are broken off
  • Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.

    Isaiah 28:13

    • וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּvenishbaruHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be broken
  • It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”

    Isaiah 30:14

    • וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּushevarahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fstagged: and someone will break it
  • I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.

    Isaiah 38:13

    • יְשַׁבֵּ֖רyeshaberverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he breaks
  • A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

    Isaiah 42:3

    • יִשְׁבּ֔וֹרyishborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will break
  • “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

    Isaiah 45:2

    • אֲשַׁבֵּ֔רʾashaberverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

    Isaiah 61:1

    • לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־lenishberei-preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to broken of
  • Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.

    Isaiah 66:9

    • אַשְׁבִּ֛ירʾashbirverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: do I bring to birth

Jeremiah

twenty-eight uses
  • “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

    Jeremiah 2:13

    • נִשְׁבָּרִ֔יםnishbarimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: broken
  • “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

    Jeremiah 2:20

    • שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיshavartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: I broke off
  • I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

    Jeremiah 5:5

    • שָׁ֣בְרוּshaveruverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had broken off
  • For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

    Jeremiah 8:21

    • הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּיhashebaretiverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been broken
  • You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

    Jeremiah 14:17

    • נִשְׁבְּרָ֗הnishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has been broken
  • Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

    Jeremiah 17:18

    • שָׁבְרֵֽם׃ סshaveremverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: destroy them
  • Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,

    Jeremiah 19:10

    • וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖veshavartaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will break
  • and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.

    Jeremiah 19:11

    • אֶשְׁבֹּ֞רʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
    • יִשְׁבֹּר֙yishborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone breaks
  • Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.

    Jeremiah 22:20

    • נִשְׁבְּר֖וּnishberuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been broken
  • As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.

    Jeremiah 23:9

    • נִשְׁבַּ֧רnishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is broken
  • “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

    Jeremiah 28:2

    • שָׁבַ֞רְתִּיshavartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”

    Jeremiah 28:4

    • אֶשְׁבֹּ֔רʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

    Jeremiah 28:10

    • וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃vaiyishberehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he broke it
  • And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations.’” At this, Jeremiah the prophet went on his way.

    Jeremiah 28:11

    • אֶשְׁבֹּ֞רʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

    Jeremiah 28:12

    • שְׁב֞וֹרshevorverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: broke
  • “Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’

    Jeremiah 28:13

    • שָׁבָ֑רְתָּshavaretaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have broken
  • On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.

    Jeremiah 30:8

    • אֶשְׁבֹּ֤רʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

    Jeremiah 43:13

    • וְשִׁבַּ֗רveshibarHc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will break
  • Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.

    Jeremiah 48:4

    • נִשְׁבְּרָ֖הnishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be broken
  • Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered—the glorious staff!

    Jeremiah 48:17

    • נִשְׁבַּר֙nishbarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is broken
  • The horn of Moab has been cut off, and his arm is broken,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 48:25

    • נִשְׁבָּ֑רָהnishbarahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be broken
  • On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 48:38

    • שָׁבַ֣רְתִּיshavartiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

    Jeremiah 49:35

    • שֹׁבֵ֖רshoververb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to break
  • How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

    Jeremiah 50:23

    • וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔רvaiyishaverHc/VNw3mstagged: and it has been broken
  • Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

    Jeremiah 51:8

    • וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֑רvatishaverHc/VNw3fstagged: and it was broken
  • The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

    Jeremiah 51:30

    • נִשְׁבְּר֥וּnishberuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be broken
  • Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

    Jeremiah 52:17

    • שִׁבְּר֣וּshiberuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they broke

Lamentations

three uses
  • The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

    Lamentations 1:15

    • לִשְׁבֹּ֣רlishborpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to break
  • Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

    Lamentations 2:9

    • וְשִׁבַּ֖רveshibarconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he has broken
  • He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

    Lamentations 3:4

    • שִׁבַּ֖רshibarverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has broken

Ezekiel

twenty-one uses
  • Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

    Ezekiel 4:16

    • שֹׁבֵ֤רshoververb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to break
  • When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.

    Ezekiel 5:16

    • וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֥יveshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
  • Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.

    Ezekiel 6:4

    • וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּvenishberuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be shattered
  • Wherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.

    Ezekiel 6:6

    • וְנִשְׁבְּר֤וּvenishberuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be shattered
  • Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

    Ezekiel 6:9

    • נִשְׁבַּ֜רְתִּיnishbartiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was crushed
  • “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,

    Ezekiel 14:13

    • וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּיveshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
  • “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’

    Ezekiel 26:2

    • נִשְׁבְּרָ֛הnishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is broken
  • Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.

    Ezekiel 27:26

    • שְׁבָרֵ֖ךְshevarekhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: it broke you
  • Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.

    Ezekiel 27:34

    • נִשְׁבֶּ֥רֶתnishberetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: being broken
  • When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

    Ezekiel 29:7

    • תִּשָּׁבֵ֔רtishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you were broken
  • Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

    Ezekiel 30:8

    • וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּvenishberuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will be broken
  • The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.

    Ezekiel 30:18

    • בְּשִׁבְרִי־beshivri-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when break I
  • “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.

    Ezekiel 30:21

    • שָׁבָ֑רְתִּיshavaretiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have broken
  • Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

    Ezekiel 30:22

    • וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙veshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
    • הַנִּשְׁבָּ֑רֶתhanishbaretthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: the broken
  • I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.

    Ezekiel 30:24

    • וְשָׁבַרְתִּי֙veshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
  • Foreigners, the most ruthless of the nations, cut it down and left it. Its branches have fallen on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. And all the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

    Ezekiel 31:12

    • וַתִּשָּׁבַ֤רְנָהvatishavarnahHc/VNw3fptagged: and they were broken
  • But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.

    Ezekiel 32:28

    • תִּשָּׁבַ֥רtishavarverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be broken
  • You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.

    Ezekiel 34:4

    • וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֙רֶת֙velanishberetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and to the broken
  • I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

    Ezekiel 34:16

    • וְלַנִּשְׁבֶּ֣רֶתvelanishberetconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and to the broken
  • The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

    Ezekiel 34:27

    • בְּשִׁבְרִי֙beshivripreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when break I

Daniel

eight uses
  • I saw him approach the ram in a rage against him, and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against him, and the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him, and no one could deliver the ram from his power.

    Daniel 8:7

    • וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙vayshaberHc/Vpw3mstagged: and it broke
  • Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward the four winds of heaven.

    Daniel 8:8

    • נִשְׁבְּרָה֙nishberahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was broken
  • The four horns that replaced the broken one represent four kingdoms that will rise from that nation, but will not have the same power.

    Daniel 8:22

    • וְהַ֨נִּשְׁבֶּ֔רֶתvehanishberetconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and the broken
  • Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by human hands.

    Daniel 8:25

    • יִשָּׁבֵֽר׃yishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be broken
  • But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.

    Daniel 11:4

    • תִּשָּׁבֵ֣רtishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be broken up
  • In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

    Daniel 11:20

    • יִשָּׁבֵ֔רyishaververb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be broken
  • Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.

    Daniel 11:22

    • וְיִשָּׁבֵ֑רוּveyishaveruHC/VNu3mptagged: so they may be broken
  • Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

    Daniel 11:26

    • יִשְׁבְּר֖וּהוּyishberuhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they will break him

Hosea

two uses
  • And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

    Hosea 1:5

    • וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙veshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break
  • On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

    Hosea 2:18

    • אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹרʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break

Amos

one use
  • I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

    Amos 1:5

    • וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙veshavartiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will break

Jonah

one use
  • Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.

    Jonah 1:4

    • לְהִשָּׁבֵֽר׃lehishaverpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be broken

Nahum

one use
  • For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”

    Nahum 1:13

    • אֶשְׁבֹּ֥רʾeshborverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will break

Zechariah

one use
  • For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

    Zechariah 11:16

    • וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּ֖רֶתvehanishberetconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and the is maimed

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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

Revised 2026-09-05. Every cited work, the sources registry →