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

Cross References

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.