שְׁבָרִיםShᵉbârîym
breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
Pronunciation: sheb-aw-reem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7671
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 1 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 7:5 chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries, and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.
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).