שָׁבַר

Strong’s Definition

to burst (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to break, break in pieces
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel) to shatter, break
• 5.(hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
• 6.(hophal) to be broken, be shattered

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâbar; Pronunciation: shaw-bar'