הָרַס

Strong’s Definition

to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down
• 4.(piel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: hâraç; Pronunciation: haw-ras'