שֶׁבֶרsheber
breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
Pronunciation: sheh'-ber · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7667
Meanings
1. breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing (Isaiah 30:14; Leviticus 21:19; Leviticus 24:20)
2. crashing (Zephaniah 1:10; Jeremiah 50:22; Jeremiah 51:54)
3. breaking, of a dream, i.e. its interpretation (solution of mystery) (Judges 7:15)
4. perhaps, the quarries as proper name, of a location (Joshua 7:5; Ezekiel 32:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 45 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 21:19 or has a broken foot or arm,
- Leviticus 22:22 You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the Lord.
- Leviticus 24:20 a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.
- Judges 7:15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the Lord. Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the Lord has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!”
- Job 41:25 When it rises, the mighty are afraid, gripped by terror.
- Psalms 60:2 You have shaken our land and split it open. Seal the cracks, for the land trembles.
See every passage
- Leviticus 21:19, 22:22, 24:20
- Judges 7:15
- Job 41:25
- Psalms 60:2
- Proverbs 15:4, 16:18, 17:19, 18:12
- Isaiah 1:28, 15:5, 30:13, 30:14, 30:26, 51:19, 59:7, 60:18, 65:14
- Jeremiah 4:6, 4:20, 6:1, 6:14, 8:11, 8:21, 10:19, 14:17, 30:12, 30:15, 48:3, 48:5, 50:22, 51:54
- Lamentations 2:11, 2:13, 3:47, 3:48, 4:10
- Ezekiel 32:9
- Amos 6:6
- Nahum 3:19
- Zephaniah 1:10
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).