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Lexicon :: Strong's H2040 - hāras

Aa
הָרַס
Transliteration
hāras
Pronunciation
haw-ras'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 516

Strong’s Definitions

הָרַס hâraç, haw-ras'; a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy:—beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, × utterly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's H2040 in the following manner: throw down (13x), break down (9x), overthrow (5x), destroy (4x), pull down (3x), break through (2x), ruined (2x), beat down (1x), pluck down (1x), break (1x), destroyers (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's H2040 in the following manner: throw down (13x), break down (9x), overthrow (5x), destroy (4x), pull down (3x), break through (2x), ruined (2x), beat down (1x), pluck down (1x), break (1x), destroyers (1x), utterly (1x).
  1. to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly

    1. (Qal)

      1. to throw down, tear down

      2. to break through

      3. to break down, break away

    2. (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down

    3. (Piel)

      1. to overthrow, tear down

      2. destroyer (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָרַס hâraç, haw-ras'; a primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy:—beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, × utterly.
STRONGS H2040: Abbreviations
הָרַס verb throw down, break or tear down (MI הרם; ? Arabic هَرَسَ, bruise, bray, pound, crush (grain))
Qal Perfect הָ׳ Lamentations 2:2, 17; הָרָ֑ס Isaiah 14:17; וְהָרַסְתָּ֫ Judges 6:25 וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 13:14; Micah 5:10; וְהָֽרְסוּ Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 26:4, 12 הָרָ֑סוּ 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Imperfect יַהֲרוֺס Job 12:14; suffix יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 22:19; וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ 1 Chronicles 20:1; יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה Proverbs 29:4 יֶהֶרְסֵם Psalm 28:5; 3rd person feminine singular suffix 3rd person masculine singular תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ Proverbs 14:1; 2nd person masculine singular תַּהֲרֹס Exodus 15:7; אֶהֱרֹס Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 42:10 אֶהֱרוֺס Malachi 1:4; 3rd person masculine plural יֶהֶרְסוּ Exodus 19:21, 24; יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ 2 Kings 3:25; Imperative הֲרָסֿ Psalm 58:7; suffix הָרְסָהּ 2 Samuel 11:25; Infinitive הֲרֹס Jeremiah 31:28 הֲרוֺס Jeremiah 1:10; Participle active הֹרֵס Jeremiah 45:4; passive הָרוּס 1 Kings 18:30; —
1. throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 18:30; 1 Kings 19:10, 14; height (גַּב, where idol-altar stood ? compare גֶּב below גבב) Ezekiel 16:39; city (cities) Isaiah 14:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Kings 3:25; 1 Chronicles 20:1 (compare MI27) Malachi 1:4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezekiel 13:14; Ezekiel 26:12; house Proverbs 14:1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (מִבְצָרִים) Lamentations 2:2; Micah 5:10; tower(s) Ezekiel 26:4; figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Proverbs 29:4 (opposed to יַעֲמִיד); object men Exodus 15:7 (poem in E) Isaiah 22:19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Psalm 28:5, compare (without object) Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 42:10; object indefinite אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס Jeremiah 45:4; absolute Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 31:28; Lamentations 2:17; Job 12:14.
2. break down, break away שִׁנֵּימוֺ בְּפִימוֺ ה׳ Psalm 58:7 break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.
3. break through, intransitive, followed by אֶליֿ׳ Exodus 19:21; followed by לַעֲלֹת אֶליֿ׳, Exodus 19:24 (both J).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶהֱרָ֑סָה Proverbs 24:31; 3rd person plural נֶהֶרְסוּ Jeremiah 50:15; Joel 1:17; וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consecutive Ezekiel 30:4; Ezekiel 38:20; Imperfect יֵהָרֵס Jeremiah 31:40; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּהָרֵס Proverbs 11:11; יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Psalm 11:3; Participle הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, 36; — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Proverbs 24:31, of city Jeremiah 50:15; cities Ezekiel 36:35 compare Ezekiel 36:36; figurative ruined Proverbs 11:11 (opposed to תָּרוּם); foundations, יְסוֺדֹת Ezekiel 30:4; שָׁתוֺת Psalm 11:3; mountains Ezekiel 38:20; storehouses מַמְּגֻרוֺת Joel 1:17 [see מ׳]; valley east of Jerusalem לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס Jeremiah 31:40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal.
Pi. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exodus 23:24; Infinitive absolute הָרֵס Exodus 23:24; Participle plural suffix מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — overthrow, tear down הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exodus 23:24 thou shalt utterly tear them down (J E; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Isaiah 49:17 (|| מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:7; 15:7; 19:21; 19:21; 19:24; 19:24; 23:24; 23:24; 23:24

Judges

6:25; 6:25

2 Samuel

11:25; 11:25

1 Kings

18:30; 18:30; 19:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:14

2 Kings

3:25; 3:25

1 Chronicles

20:1; 20:1

Job

12:14; 12:14

Psalms

11:3; 11:3; 28:5; 28:5; 58:7; 58:7

Proverbs

11:11; 11:11; 14:1; 14:1; 24:31; 24:31; 29:4; 29:4

Isaiah

14:17; 14:17; 22:19; 22:19; 49:17; 49:17

Jeremiah

1:10; 1:10; 24:6; 24:6; 31:28; 31:28; 31:40; 31:40; 42:10; 42:10; 45:4; 45:4; 50:15; 50:15

Lamentations

2:2; 2:2; 2:17; 2:17

Ezekiel

13:14; 13:14; 16:39; 16:39; 26:4; 26:4; 26:12; 26:12; 30:4; 30:4; 36:35; 36:35; 36:36; 36:36; 38:20; 38:20

Joel

1:17; 1:17

Micah

5:10; 5:10

Malachi

1:4; 1:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2040 matches the Hebrew הָרַס (hāras),
which occurs 43 times in 42 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 -

“And in the greatness H7230 of Your [fn]excellence H1347 You overthrow H2040 those who rise H6965 up H6965 against You;

You send H7971 out H7971 Your burning H2740 anger H2740, and it consumes H398 them like chaff H7179.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - Then the LORD H3068 spoke H559 to Moses H4872: “Go H3381 down H3381, [fn]warn H5749 the people H5971, so H6435 that H6435 they do not H6435 break H2040 through H2040 to the LORD H3068 to stare H7200, and many H7227 of them [fn]perish H5307.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “[fn]Go H1980 H3381 down H3381 and come H5927 up H5927 again, you and Aaron H175 with you; but do not let the priests H3548 and the people H5971 break H2040 through H2040 to come H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068, or H6435 He will break H6555 out H6555 against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not worship H2331 their gods H430, nor H3808 serve H5647 them, nor H3808 do H6213 according to their deeds H4639; but you shall utterly H2040 overthrow H2040 them and break H7665 their memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 -

Now on the same H1931 night H3915 the LORD H3068 said H559 to him, “Take H3947 your father’s H1 bull H6499 H7794 [fn]and a second H8145 bull H6499 seven H7651 years H8141 old, and tear H2040 down H2040 the altar H4196 of Baal H1168 which H834 belongs to your father H1, and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah H842 that is beside H5921 it;

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the messenger H4397, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you shall say H559 to Joab H3097: ‘Do not let this H2088 thing H1697 [fn]displease H7489 H5869 you, for the sword H2719 devours H398 one H2088 as well as another H2088; [fn]fight H2388 H4421 with H2388 determination H2388 against H413 the city H5892 and overthrow H2040 it’; and thereby encourage H2388 him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 -

Then Elijah H452 said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “Come H5066 forward H5066 to me.” So all H3605 the people H5971 came H5066 forward H5066 to him. And he repaired H7495 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 which had been torn H2040 down H2040.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said H559, “I have been H7065 very H7065 zealous H7065 for the LORD H3068, the God H430 of armies H6635; for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have abandoned H5800 Your covenant H1285, torn H2040 down H2040 Your altars H4196, and killed H2026 Your prophets H5030 with the sword H2719. And I alone H905 am left H3498; and they have sought H1245 to take H3947 my life H5315.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - Then he said H559, “I have been H7065 very H7065 zealous H7065 for the LORD H3068, the God H430 of armies H6635; for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 have abandoned H5800 Your covenant H1285, torn H2040 down H2040 Your altars H4196, and killed H2026 Your prophets H5030 with the sword H2719. And I alone H905 am left H3498; and they have sought H1245 to take H3947 my life H5315.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - So they destroyed H2040 the cities H5892; and each H376 one H376 threw H7993 a stone H68 on every H3605 plot H2513 of H2513 good H2896 land H2513 and filled H4390 it. So they stopped H5640 up H5640 every H3605 spring H4599 of water H4325 and [fn]cut H5307 down H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086, until H5704 in Kir-hareseth H7025 only they left H7604 its stones H68; however, the rock H7051 slingers H7051 surrounded H5437 it and struck H5221 it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 -

Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that Joab H3097 led H5090 out H5090 the army H6635 H2428 and ravaged H7843 the land H776 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, and came H935 and besieged H6696 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389. And Joab H3097 struck H5221 Rabbah H7237 and overthrew H2040 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 -

“Behold H2005, He tears H2040 down H2040, and it cannot H3808 be rebuilt H1129;

He [fn]imprisons H5462 a person H376, and [fn]there is no H3808 release H6605.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:3 -

“If H3588 the foundations H8356 are destroyed H2040,

What H4100 can the righteous H6662 do H6466?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5 -

Because H3588 they do not regard H995 the works H6468 of the LORD H3068

Nor H3808 the deeds H4639 of His hands H3027,

He will tear H2040 them down H2040 and not build H1129 them up H1129.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 -

God H430, shatter H2040 their teeth H8127 in their mouth H6310;

Break H5422 out H5422 the fangs H4973 of the young H3715 lions H3715, LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11 -

By the blessing H1293 of the upright H3477 a city H7176 is exalted H7311,

But by the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563, it is torn H2040 down H2040.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 -

The wise H2450 woman H802 builds H1129 her house H1004,

But the foolish H200 tears H2040 it down H2040 with her own hands H3027.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 -

And behold H2009, it was completely H3605 overgrown H5927 with weeds H7057;

Its surface H6440 was covered H3680 with weeds H2738,

And its stone H68 wall H1447 was broken H2040 down H2040.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4 -

The king H4428 gives H5975 stability H5975 to the land H776 by justice H4941,

But a person H376 who H8641 takes H8641 bribes H8641 ruins H2040 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 -

Who made H7760 the world H8398 like a wilderness H4057

And overthrew H2040 its cities H5892,

Who did not [fn]allow H6605 his prisoners H615 to go home H1004?’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:19 -

“I will depose H1920 you from your office H4673,

And [fn]I will pull H2040 you down H2040 from your position H4612.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 -

“Your [fn]builders H1121 hurry H4116;

Your destroyers H2040 and devastators H2717

Will leave H3318 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 -

“See H7200, I have appointed H6485 you this H2088 day H3117 over H5921 the nations H1471 and over H5921 the kingdoms H4467,

To root H5428 out H5428 and to tear H5422 down H5422,

To destroy H6 and to overthrow H2040,

To build H1129 and to plant H5193.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6 - ‘For I will set H7760 My eyes H5869 on them for good H2896, and I will bring H7725 them back H7725 to this H2088 land H776; and I will build H1129 them up H1129 and not overthrow H2040 them, and I will plant H5193 them and not uproot H5428 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - “And just H834 as H834 I have watched H8245 over H5921 them to uproot H5428 them, tear H5422 them down H5422, ruin H2040, destroy H6, and bring H7489 disaster H7489 on them, so H3651 I will watch H8245 over H5921 them to build H1129 and to plant H5193 them,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - “And the entire H3605 valley H6010 of the dead H6297 bodies H6297 and of the ashes H1880, and all H3605 the fields H7709 as far H5704 as the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 to the corner H6438 of the Horse H5483 Gate H8179 toward the east H4217, shall be holy H6944 to the LORD H3068; it will not be uprooted H5428 or overthrown H2040 ever H5769 again H5750.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - ‘If H518 you will indeed H3427 stay H3427 in this H2088 land H776, then I will build H1129 you up H1129 and not tear H2040 you down H2040, and I will plant H5193 you and not uproot H5428 you; for I [fn]will relent H5162 of the disaster H7451 that I have inflicted H6213 on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:4 - “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 you are to say H559 to him: ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, what H834 I have built H1129 I am going to tear H2040 down H2040, and what H834 I have planted H5193 I am going to uproot H5428, that is, all H3605 the people of the land H776.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 -

“Raise H7321 your battle H7321 cry H7321 against H5921 her on every H5439 side H5439!

She has given H5414 [fn]herself H3027 up H5414, her towers H803 have fallen H5307,

Her walls H2346 have been torn H2040 down H2040.

For this H1931 is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068:

Take H5358 vengeance H5358 on her;

As she has done H6213 to others, so do H6213 to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550

All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.

In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040

The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,

He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;

He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 -

The LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He determined H2161;

He has accomplished H1214 His word H565

Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.

He has torn H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,

And He has helped the enemy H340 to rejoice H8055 over H5921 you;

He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - “So I will tear H2040 down H2040 the wall H7023 which H834 you plastered H2902 over H2902 with whitewash H8602 and hurl H5060 it down H5060 to the ground H776, so that its foundation H3247 is exposed H1540; and when it falls H5307, you will perish H3615 in its midst H8432. And you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - “I will also hand H5414 H3027 you over H5414 to [fn]your lovers, and they will tear H2040 down H2040 your shrines H1354, demolish H5422 your high H7413 places H7413, strip H6584 you of your clothing H899, take H3947 away your [fn]jewels H3627 H8597, and will leave H5117 you naked H5903 and bare H6181.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will destroy H7843 the walls H2346 of Tyre H6865 and tear H2040 down H2040 her towers H4026; and I will sweep H5500 her debris H6083 away H5500 from her and make H5414 her a bare H6706 rock H5553.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will take H7997 your riches H2428 as H7997 spoils H7997 and plunder H962 your merchandise H7404, tear H2040 down H2040 your walls H2346 and destroy H5422 your delightful H2532 houses H1004, and [fn]throw H7760 your stones H68, your timbers H6086, and your debris H6083 into the water H4325.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 -

“A sword H2719 will come H935 upon Egypt H4714,

And there will be trembling H2479 in [fn]Cush H3568;

When the slain H2491 fall H5307 in Egypt H4714,

They will take H3947 away her [fn]wealth H1995,

And her foundations H3247 will be torn H2040 down H2040.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - “And they will say H559, ‘This H1976 desolated H8074 land H776 has become H1961 like the Garden H1588 of Eden H5731; and the waste H2720, desolated H8074 and ruined H2040 cities H5892 are fortified H1219 and inhabited H3427.’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - “Then the nations H1471 around H5439 you that are left H7604 will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, have rebuilt H1129 the ruined H2040 places and planted H5193 that which was desolated H8074; I, the LORD H3068, have spoken H1696, and I will do H6213 it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - “The fish H1709 of the sea H3220, the birds H5775 of the sky H8064, the animals H2416 of the field H7704, all H3605 the crawling H7431 things H7431 that crawl H7430 on the earth H127, and all H3605 mankind H120 who H834 are on the face H6440 of the earth H127 will shake H7493 at My presence H6440; and the mountains H2022 will be thrown H2040 down H2040, the steep H4095 pathways H4095 will [fn]collapse H5307, and every H3605 wall H2346 will fall H5307 to the ground H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 -

The [fn]seeds H6507 have dried H5685 up under H8478 their shovels H4053;

The storehouses H214 have become H8074 desolate H8074,

The grain H4460 silos H4460 are ruined H2040,

Because H3588 the grain H1715 has dried H3001 up H3001.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 -

“I will also eliminate H3772 the cities H5892 of your land H776,

And tear H2040 down H2040 all H3605 your fortifications H4013.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Though H3588 Edom H123 says H559, “We have been beaten H7567 down H7567, but we will [fn]return H7725 and build H1129 up H1129 the ruins H2723”; this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559: “They may build H1129, but I will tear H2040 down H2040; and people will call H7121 them the [fn]territory H1366 of wickedness H7562, and the people H5971 [fn]with whom H834 the LORD H3068 is H2194 indignant H2194 forever H5704 H5769.”
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