H2040 — הָרַס (hâraç)

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Strong's H2040 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: הָרַס (hâraç)

Pronunciation: haw-ras'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

Definition: to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy

KJV Renderings: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

Senses

  1. to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly
    1. (Qal)
    2. to throw down, tear down
    3. to break through
    4. to break down, break away
    5. (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down
    6. (Piel)
    7. to overthrow, tear down
    8. destroyer (participle)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G971 βιάζω biázō from G979 to force, i.e. (reflexively) to crowd oneself (into), or (passively) to be seized press, suffer violence
G1448 ἐγγίζω engízō from G1451 to make near, i.e. (reflexively) approach approach, be at hand, come (draw) near, be (come, draw) nigh
G1808 ἐξαίρω exaírō from G1537 and G142 to remove put (take) away
G2506 καθαίρεσις kathaíresis from G2507 demolition; figuratively, extinction destruction, pulling down
G2507 καθαιρέω kathairéō from G2596 and G138 (including its alternate) to lower (or with violence) demolish (literally or figuratively) cast (pull, put, take) down, destroy
G2598 καταβάλλω katabállō from G2596 and G906 to throw down cast down, lay
G2679 κατασκάπτω kataskáptō from G2596 and G4626 to undermine, i.e. (by implication) destroy dig down, ruin
G2690 καταστρέφω katastréphō from G2596 and G4762 to turn upside down, i.e. upset overthrow
G4486 ῥήγνυμι rhḗgnymi both prolonged forms of ῥήκω (rhḗkō) (which appears only in certain forms, and is itself probably a strengthened form of ἄγνυμι (ágnymi) (see in G2608)) to "break," "wreck" or "crack", i.e. (especially) to sunder (by separation of the parts; G2608 being its intensive (with the preposition in composition), and G2352 a shattering to minute fragments; but not a reduction to the constituent particles, like G3089) or disrupt, lacerate by implication, to convulse (with spasms); figuratively, to give vent to joyful emotions break (forth), burst, rend, tear
G4937 συντρίβω syntríbō from G4862 and the base of G5147 to crush completely, i.e. to shatter (literally or figuratively) break (in pieces), broken to shivers (+ -hearted), bruise

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.