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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7667

שֶׁבֶר

shebersheh'-ber

breaking

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

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7667is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 32
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7667

a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)

The King James renders it: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.

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

sheber is rendered "breaking". It stands 45 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Fifteen of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 21:19no man who has a broken foot or hand,
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.

The first use

no man who has a broken foot or hand,

Leviticus 21:19שֶׁ֣בֶר

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

Where the word stands

Fifteen of the word's forty-five uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and destruction7
  • destruction4
  • a fracture3
  • brokenness of3
  • fracture of3
  • a fracture of2
  • a breaking1
  • and a crashing1
  • and a crushing of1
  • and from brokenness of1
  • and the brokenness1
  • and the destruction1

and 17 more, 45 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.

שֶׁבַעshebasevenUses394
שֶׁבֶרshebergrainUses9
שֶׁבֶתshebethseatUses6
שֶׁבֶתshebethcessationUses3

Other numbers on this spelling

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

All 45, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

32 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

  • וְשֶׁ֥בֶר4
  • שֶׁ֖בֶר4
  • שֶׁ֣בֶר3
  • שֶׁ֥בֶר3
  • שֶׁ֤בֶר3
  • וָשֶׁ֖בֶר2
  • בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר1
  • וְהַשֶּׁ֛בֶר1
  • וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃1
  • וּמִשֵּׁ֥בֶר1
  • וְשֶׁ֧בֶר1
  • וְשֶׁ֖בֶר1

and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular12HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)9HNcmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular8HC/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HC/Td/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp2fs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmpc/Sp3fs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs

Leviticus

five uses
  • no man who has a broken foot or hand,

    Leviticus 21:19

    • שֶׁ֣בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fracture of
    • שֶׁ֥בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a fracture of
  • You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

    Leviticus 22:22

    • שָׁב֜וּרshavurnoun · masculine singulartagged: a fracture
  • fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

    Leviticus 24:20

    • שֶׁ֚בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: a fracture
    • שֶׁ֔בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: a fracture

Judges

one use
  • When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”

    Judges 7:15

    • שִׁבְר֖וֹshivronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: interpretation its

Job

one use
  • When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.

    Job 41:25

    • מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗יםmishevarimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: from crashings

Psalms

one use
  • You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.

    Psalms 60:2

    • שְׁבָרֶ֣יהָshevareihanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: fractures its

Proverbs

four uses
  • A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

    Proverbs 15:4

    • שֶׁ֣בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: brokenness
  • Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

    Proverbs 16:18

    • שֶׁ֥בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: breaking
  • He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

    Proverbs 17:19

    • שָֽׁבֶר׃shavernoun · masculine singulartagged: ruin
  • Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

    Proverbs 18:12

    • שֶׁ֭בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction

Isaiah

nine uses
  • But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

    Isaiah 1:28

    • וְשֶׁ֧בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a crushing of
  • My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.

    Isaiah 15:5

    • שֶׁ֖בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: shattering
  • this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

    Isaiah 30:13

    • שִׁבְרָֽהּ׃shivrahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: breaking its
  • 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

    • כְּשֵׁ֨בֶרkesheverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like breaking of
  • The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

    Isaiah 30:26

    • שֶׁ֣בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fracture of
  • These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?

    Isaiah 51:19

    • וְהַשֶּׁ֛בֶרvehasheverconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the destruction
  • Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

    Isaiah 59:7

    • וָשֶׁ֖בֶרvasheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

    Isaiah 60:18

    • וָשֶׁ֖בֶרvasheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

    Isaiah 65:14

    • וּמִשֵּׁ֥בֶרumisheverconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from brokenness of

Jeremiah

fifteen uses
  • Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

    Jeremiah 4:6

    • וְשֶׁ֥בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.

    Jeremiah 4:20

    • שֶׁ֤בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
    • שֶׁ֙בֶר֙shevernoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
  • “Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.

    Jeremiah 6:1

    • וְשֶׁ֥בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

    Jeremiah 6:14

    • שֶׁ֤בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fracture of
  • They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

    Jeremiah 8:11

    • שֶׁ֤בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fracture of
  • For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

    Jeremiah 8:21

    • שֶׁ֥בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: brokenness of
  • Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

    Jeremiah 10:19

    • שִׁבְרִ֔יshivrinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: fracture my
  • 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

    • שֶׁ֨בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: a breaking
  • For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

    Jeremiah 30:12

    • לְשִׁבְרֵ֑ךְleshivrekhpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: to fracture your
  • Why do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.

    Jeremiah 30:15

    • שִׁבְרֵ֔ךְshivrekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: fracture your
  • A voice cries out from Horonaim: ‘Devastation and great destruction!’

    Jeremiah 48:3

    • וָשֶׁ֥בֶרvasheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:

    Jeremiah 48:5

    • שֶׁ֖בֶרshevernoun · masculine singulartagged: destruction
  • “The noise of battle is in the land—the noise of great destruction.

    Jeremiah 50:22

    • וְשֶׁ֖בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction
  • “The sound of a cry comes from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans!

    Jeremiah 51:54

    • וְשֶׁ֥בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and destruction

Lamentations

five uses
  • My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

    Lamentations 2:11

    • שֶׁ֖בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: brokenness of
  • What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?

    Lamentations 2:13

    • שִׁבְרֵ֖ךְshivrekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: brokenness your
  • Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.

    Lamentations 3:47

    • וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃vehashaverconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the brokenness
  • Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.

    Lamentations 3:48

    • שֶׁ֖בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: brokenness of
  • The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

    Lamentations 4:10

    • בְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbesheverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in brokenness of

Ezekiel

one use
  • ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

    Ezekiel 32:9

    • שִׁבְרְךָ֙shivrekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: breaking your

Amos

one use
  • You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

    Amos 6:6

    • שֵׁ֥בֶרshevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: ruin of

Nahum

one use
  • There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?

    Nahum 3:19

    • לְשִׁבְרֶ֔ךָleshivrekhapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: for fracture your

Zephaniah

one use
  • On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.

    Zephaniah 1:10

    • וְשֶׁ֥בֶרvesheverconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a crashing

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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 every verse 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.

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

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