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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

H2040

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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - When you are lifted up in power, all those who come against you are crushed: when you send out your wrath, they are burned up like dry grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:21 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said to the man, Go and say to Joab, Do not let this be a grief to you; for one man may come to his death by the sword like another: put up an even stronger fight against the town, and take it: and do you put heart into him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:30 - Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near. And he put up again the altar of the Lord which had been broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:3 - If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:5 - Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:11 - By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:1 - Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:31 - And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:4 - A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:17 - Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:19 - And I will have you forced out of your place of authority, and pulled down from your position.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:17 - Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:10 - See, this day I have put you over the nations and over the kingdoms, for uprooting and smashing down, for destruction and overturning, for building up and planting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:6 - For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - And it will come about that, as I have been watching over them for the purpose of uprooting and smashing down and overturning and sending destruction and causing trouble; so I will be watching over them for the purpose of building up and planting, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And all the valley of the dead bodies, and all the field of death as far as the stream Kidron, up to the angle of the horses' doorway to the east, will be holy to the Lord; it will not again be uprooted or overturned for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:10 - If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:4 - This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Give a loud cry against her on every side; she has given herself up, her supports are overturned, her walls are broken down: for it is the payment taken by the Lord; give her payment; as she has done, so do to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has given up to destruction all the living-places of Jacob without pity; pulling down in his wrath the strong places of the daughter of Judah, stretching out on the earth the wounded, even her king and her rulers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The Lord has done that which was his purpose; he has put into force the orders which he gave in the days which are past; pulling down without pity, he has made your hater glad over you, lifting up the horn of those who were against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:14 - So I will let the wall, which you were covering with whitewash, be broken down; I will have it levelled to the earth so that its base is uncovered: it will come down, and destruction will come on you with it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - I will give you into their hands, and your arched room will be overturned and your high places broken down; they will take your clothing off you and take away your fair jewels: and when they have done, you will be uncovered and shamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - They will take by force all your wealth and go off with the goods with which you do trade: they will have your walls broken down and all the houses of your desire given up to destruction: they will put your stones and your wood and your dust deep in the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - And a sword will come on Egypt, and cruel pain will be in Ethiopia, when they are falling by the sword in Egypt; and they will take away her wealth and her bases will be broken down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then the rest of the nations round about you will be certain that I the Lord am the builder of the places which were pulled down and the planter of that which was waste: I the Lord have said it, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 - The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - I will have the towns of your land cut off and all your strong places pulled down:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.
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