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H7665שָׁבַרsha.var

to breakPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. 9
  3. 6
  4. 1
  5. 4
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 4
  12. 4
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 6
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 21
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 14
  24. 28
  25. 3
  26. 21
  27. 8
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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147 occurrences in 142 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Isaiah 45:2

    I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron;

    אֲשַׁבֵּ֔ר 'a.sha.Ber “I will break”

  2. Isaiah 61:1

    The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the eyes to them that are bound;

    לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־ (נִשְׁבְּרֵי) nish.be.rei- “[people] broken of”

  3. Isaiah 66:9

    Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

    אַשְׁבִּ֛יר 'ash.Bir “do I bring to [the] birth”

  4. Jeremiah 2:13

    For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

    נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים nish.ba.Rim “broken”

  5. Jeremiah 2:20

    For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst: 'I will not transgress'; upon every high hill and under every leafy tree thou didst recline, playing the harlot.

    שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי sha.Var.ti “I broke off”

  6. Jeremiah 5:5

    I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of the LORD, and the ordinance of their God.' But these had altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bands.

    שָׁ֣בְרוּ Sha.ve.ru “they had broken off”

  7. Jeremiah 8:21

    For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I seized with anguish; I am black, appalment hath taken hold on me.

    הָשְׁבָּ֑רְתִּי ha.she.Ba.re.ti “I have been broken”

  8. Jeremiah 14:17

    And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

    נִשְׁבְּרָ֗ה nish.be.Rah “she has been broken”

  9. Jeremiah 17:18

    Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

    שָׁבְרֵֽם׃ (שָׁבְרֵֽ) sha.ve.Re “destroy”

  10. Jeremiah 19:10

    Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

    וְשָׁבַרְתָּ֖ (שָׁבַרְתָּ֖) sha.var.Ta “you will break”

  11. Jeremiah 19:11

    and shalt say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, for want of room to bury.

    אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר 'esh.Bor “I will break”יִשְׁבֹּר֙ yish.Bor “someone breaks”

  12. Jeremiah 22:20

    Go up to Lebanon, and cry, and lift up thy voice in Bashan; and cry from Abarim, for all thy lovers are destroyed.

    נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ nish.be.Ru “they have been broken”

  13. Jeremiah 23:9

    Concerning the prophets. My heart within me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome; because of the LORD, and because of His holy words.

    נִשְׁבַּ֧ר nish.Bar “it is broken”

  14. Jeremiah 28:2

    'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

    שָׁבַ֞רְתִּי sha.Var.ti “I will break”

  15. Jeremiah 28:4

    and I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went to Babylon, saith the LORD; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'

    אֶשְׁבֹּ֔ר 'esh.Bor “I will break”

  16. Jeremiah 28:10

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

    וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃ (יִּשְׁבְּרֵֽ) i.yish.be.Re. “he broke”

  17. Jeremiah 28:11

    And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.' And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

    אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר 'esh.Bor “I will break”

  18. Jeremiah 28:12

    Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

    שְׁב֞וֹר she.Vor “broke”

  19. Jeremiah 28:13

    'Go, and tell Hananiah, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou shalt make in their stead bars of iron.

    שָׁבָ֑רְתָּ sha.Va.re.ta “you have broken”

  20. Jeremiah 30:8

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bands; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

    אֶשְׁבֹּ֤ר 'esh.Bor “I will break”

  21. Jeremiah 43:13

    He shall also break the pillars of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.'

    וְשִׁבַּ֗ר (שִׁבַּ֗ר) shi.Bar “he will break”

  22. Jeremiah 48:4

    Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.

    נִשְׁבְּרָ֖ה nish.be.Rah “it will be broken”

  23. Jeremiah 48:17

    Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'

    נִשְׁבַּר֙ nish.Bar “it is broken”

  24. Jeremiah 48:25

    The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.

    נִשְׁבָּ֑רָה nish.Ba.rah “it will be broken”

  25. Jeremiah 48:38

    On all the housetops of Moab and in the broad places thereof there is lamentation every where; for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.

    שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי sha.Var.ti “I will break”