הָרַסhâraç

throw down, break or tear down

Pronunciation: haw-ras' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2040

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (Lamentations 2:2; Lamentations 2:17; Isaiah 14:17)

1. throw down, tear down (Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 19:10)

2. break down, break away (Psalms 58:7)

3. break through (Exodus 19:21; Exodus 19:24)

Niph`al: be thrown or torn down (Proverbs 24:31; Jeremiah 50:15; Joel 1:17)

Pi`el: overthrow, tear down (Exodus 23:24; Isaiah 49:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 43 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 15:7 In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow those who rise against you. You unleash your blazing fury; it consumes them like straw.
  • Exodus 19:21 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the Lord, or they will die.
  • Exodus 19:24 But the Lord said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the Lord, or he will break out and destroy them.”
  • Exodus 23:24 You must not worship the gods of these nations or serve them in any way or imitate their evil practices. Instead, you must utterly destroy them and smash their sacred pillars.
  • Judges 6:25 That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.
  • 2 Samuel 11:25 “Well, tell Joab not to be discouraged,” David said. “The sword devours this one today and that one tomorrow! Fight harder next time, and conquer the city!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).