What does שָׁבַר (šābar) mean in the Bible?
שָׁבַר (šābar): Fracturing or shattering, both physical destruction and emotional/spiritual devastation of heart or will
Hebrew · H7665
שָׁבַר
To burst (literally or figuratively)
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שָׁבַר H7665
Pronunciation šābar
What does שָׁבַר (šābar) mean in the Bible?
שָׁבַר (šābar): Fracturing or shattering, both physical destruction and emotional/spiritual devastation of heart or will
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7665?
The BSB source-word alignment has 147 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and shattered (6), I will break (6), is broken (6), break (5), to pieces (4).
Where does שָׁבַר (šābar) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 19:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (28), Ezekiel (21), Psalms (21), Isaiah (14).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and shattered 6× Judges 7:20, 1 Kings 19:11, Psalms 105:33, Jeremiah 50:23
I will break 6× Isaiah 14:25, Jeremiah 28:4, Jeremiah 28:11, Jeremiah 30:8
is broken 6× Job 24:20, Job 38:15, Isaiah 14:29, Jeremiah 23:9
break 5× Exodus 12:46, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 10:15, Isaiah 42:3
to pieces 4× Exodus 23:24, 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 23:14, 2 Chronicles 23:17
you broke 4× Exodus 34:1, Deuteronomy 10:2, Jeremiah 2:20, Ezekiel 29:7
I will break down 3× Leviticus 26:19, Isaiah 45:2, Amos 1:5
is shattered 3× Ecclesiastes 12:6, Isaiah 24:10, Jeremiah 48:17
smash 3× Exodus 34:13, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 12:3
the brokenhearted 3× Psalms 34:18, Psalms 147:3, Isaiah 61:1
will be broken 3× Psalms 34:20, Psalms 37:15, Psalms 37:17
and cut off 2× Psalms 105:16, Ezekiel 5:16
broke up 2× 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:17
had broken 2× Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 28:12
He breaks 2× Psalms 46:9, Isaiah 38:13
He shattered 2× 2 Chronicles 34:4, Psalms 76:3
I have broken 2× Jeremiah 28:2, Ezekiel 30:21
I will shatter 2× Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 49:35
must be broken 2× Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 15:12
shattered 2× 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Chronicles 14:3
the broken 2× Ezekiel 34:16, Zechariah 11:16
were wrecked 2× 1 Kings 22:48, 2 Chronicles 20:37
will be shattered 2× Jeremiah 48:4, Ezekiel 32:28
. . . 1× Exodus 23:24
[are] a broken 1× Psalms 51:17
a broken 1× Psalms 51:17
and be broken 1× Isaiah 8:15
and be torn 1× Job 31:22
and been shattered 1× Jeremiah 51:8
and broke it 1× Jeremiah 28:10
and broke up 1× 2 Chronicles 31:1
and destroyed 1× Daniel 11:22
And I will abolish 1× Hosea 2:18
and it has mauled him 1× 1 Kings 13:26
and it is injured 1× Exodus 22:14
and shatter them 1× Jeremiah 17:18
and stripped 1× Exodus 9:25
and the one already broken 1× Ezekiel 30:22
and will be injured 1× Isaiah 28:13
are broken 1× Jeremiah 51:30
are shattered 1× Ezekiel 30:8
be shattered 1× Proverbs 29:1
blow 1× Jeremiah 14:17
breaks 1× Psalms 29:5
bring a baby to the point of birth 1× Isaiah 66:9
broken 1× Jeremiah 2:13
but I will break 1× Ezekiel 30:24
can break 1× Proverbs 25:15
has broken 1× Isaiah 14:5
have been crushed 1× Jeremiah 22:20
have broken 1× Psalms 69:20
he broke 1× 1 Samuel 4:18
He has broken down 1× Psalms 107:16
He has shattered 1× Lamentations 3:4
he will be destroyed 1× Daniel 11:20
he will be shattered 1× Proverbs 6:15
He will demolish 1× Jeremiah 43:13
I am crushed 1× Jeremiah 8:21
I am going to cut off 1× Ezekiel 4:16
I broke 1× Leviticus 26:13
I have been grieved 1× Ezekiel 6:9
I have shattered 1× Jeremiah 48:38
I shattered 1× Job 29:17
is injured 1× Exodus 22:10
is torn 1× Psalms 124:7
It will break 1× Isaiah 30:14
lay broken 1× Ezekiel 31:12
lie shattered 1× Isaiah 21:9
of breaking apart 1× Jonah 1:4
one shatters 1× Jeremiah 19:11
or break 1× Numbers 9:12
or mauled 1× 1 Kings 13:28
quench 1× Psalms 104:11
shattering 1× Exodus 32:19
shattering them 1× Deuteronomy 9:17
shatters 1× Psalms 29:5
smashed 1× Ezekiel 6:6
the broken [one] 1× Daniel 8:22
the injured 1× Ezekiel 34:4
Then you are to shatter 1× Jeremiah 19:10
they are broken off 1× Isaiah 27:11
they were crushed 1× 2 Chronicles 14:13
to break down 1× Genesis 19:9
to crush 1× Lamentations 1:15
to cut off 1× Ezekiel 14:13
was broken off 1× Daniel 8:8
when I break 1× Ezekiel 30:18
When I cut off 1× Leviticus 26:26
when I fixed 1× Job 38:10
when I have broken 1× Ezekiel 34:27
will be broken up 1× Daniel 11:4
will be smashed 1× Ezekiel 6:4
will seek to destroy him 1× Daniel 11:26
will shatter you 1× Ezekiel 27:26
Yet he will be broken off 1× Daniel 8:25
you are shattered 1× Ezekiel 27:34
You have broken 1× Jeremiah 28:13
you must break [the pot] 1× Leviticus 11:33
You smashed 1× Psalms 74:13
You wrecked 1× Psalms 48:7
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 19:9 לִשְׁבֹּ֥ר to to break down Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Exodus 9:25 שִׁבֵּֽר׃ to and stripped Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 12:46 תִשְׁבְּרוּ־ to break Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Exodus 22:10 נִשְׁבַּ֥ר to is injured Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 22:14 וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ר to and it is injured Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 23:24 וְשַׁבֵּ֥ר to to pieces Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute Exodus 23:24 תְּשַׁבֵּ֖ר to . . . Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 32:19 וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר to shattering Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Exodus 34:1 שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃ to you broke Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Exodus 34:13 תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּן to smash Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 19:9
Aligned rows 147
Books represented 24
Genesis 1 Exodus 9 Leviticus 6 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 4 Judges 1 1 Samuel 1 1 Kings 4 2 Kings 4 2 Chronicles 6 Job 5 Psalms 21 Proverbs 3 Ecclesiastes 1 Isaiah 14 Jeremiah 28 Lamentations 3 Ezekiel 21 Daniel 8 Hosea 2 Amos 1 Jonah 1 Nahum 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ 3x wə·šā·ḇar·tî Ezekiel 30:22, Hosea 1:5, Amos 1:5
שִׁבְּר֣וּ 3x šib·bə·rū 2 Kings 11:18, 2 Kings 25:13, Jeremiah 52:17
אֶשְׁבֹּ֞ר 2x ’eš·bōr Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 28:11
וַיְשַׁבֵּ֥ר 2x way·šab·bêr Exodus 32:19, Psalms 29:5
וַיְשַׁבֵּר֙ 2x way·šab·bêr 2 Chronicles 14:3, Daniel 8:7
וְנִשְׁבְּר֖וּ 2x wə·niš·bə·rū Ezekiel 6:4, Ezekiel 30:8
וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ 2x wə·niš·bā·rū Isaiah 8:15, Isaiah 28:13
וְשִׁבַּר֙ 2x wə·šib·bar 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:14
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular 7x Leviticus 26:19, Ezekiel 5:16, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 30:22
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular 7x Psalms 34:20, Isaiah 24:10, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 48:4
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 6x Leviticus 6:28, Leviticus 15:12, Proverbs 6:15, Proverbs 29:1
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 6x Exodus 9:25, 2 Chronicles 34:4, Psalms 76:3, Psalms 107:16
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 6x Jeremiah 19:11, Jeremiah 28:4, Jeremiah 28:11, Jeremiah 30:8
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 5x Isaiah 8:15, Isaiah 28:13, Ezekiel 6:4, Ezekiel 6:6
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 5x Exodus 32:19, 2 Chronicles 14:3, Psalms 29:5, Psalms 105:33
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 4x 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:14, Jeremiah 43:13, Lamentations 2:9
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Fracturing or shattering, both physical destruction and emotional/spiritual devastation of heart or will
Strong's H7665
Lexical occurrences 149 verses Word forms 5 forms 87 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 28:10-11 Source Gloss
to burst (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Fracturing or shattering, both physical destruction and emotional/spiritual devastation of heart or will
to burst (literally or figuratively) BDB: break Usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, × quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 87
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 36×
Perfect 1Kgs 22:49 · Dan 8:8 · Ezek 26:2 · Isa 24:10 · Jer 14:17 · Jer 48:4 · Jer 48:25 · Ps 34:21 · 2Chr 14:12 · Jer 22:20 · Jer 51:30 · Exod 22:9 · Isa 14:29 · Jer 23:9 · Jer 48:17 · Ezek 6:9 17×
Imperfect Dan 8:25 · Dan 11:20 · Lev 6:21 · Lev 15:12 · Prov 6:15 · Prov 29:1 · Dan 11:4 · Job 31:22 · Job 38:15 · Isa 27:11 · Ps 37:15 · Ps 37:17 · Ezek 29:7 · Ezek 32:28 14×
Participle active Ps 51:19 · Ps 124:7 3×
Participle passive Ezek 27:34 · Jer 2:13 2×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 20×
Perfect 2Chr 34:4 · Exod 9:25 · Isa 21:9 · Lam 3:4 · Ps 76:4 · Ps 107:16 · 2Chr 23:17 · 2Kgs 11:18 · 2Kgs 25:13 · Jer 52:17 · Deut 10:2 · Exod 34:1 · Ps 3:8 · Ps 74:13 14×
Imperfect Exod 23:24 · Ps 48:8 · Isa 38:13 · Ps 46:10 · Deut 7:5 · Isa 45:2 6×
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 28×
Imperfect Hos 2:20 · Jer 19:11 · Jer 28:4 · Jer 28:11 · Jer 30:8 · Nah 1:13 · Exod 12:46 · Lev 11:33 · Isa 42:3 · Num 9:12 · Ps 104:11 · Prov 25:15 13×
Perfect Ezek 30:21 · Jer 2:20 · Jer 28:2 · Jer 48:38 · 1Kgs 13:28 · Isa 14:5 · Ps 105:16 · Jer 5:5 · Jer 28:13 · Ps 69:21 10×
Participle active Ezek 4:16 · Jer 49:35 · Ps 29:5 3×
Infinitive construct Jer 28:12 1×
Sequential imperfect Ps 10:15 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Isa 66:9 1×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 1×
Perfect Jer 8:21 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical breaking of wooden yoke bar, literal destruction of object
Figurative breaking of plans and counsel, destruction of purposes
Gentle persistence breaking hard resistance through persuasion
Healing of broken heart, restoration after emotional or spiritual shattering
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 149 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
שָׁבַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain