Words the Bible translates as break
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 21 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- shavarשָׁבַרto break: to shatter something so that it comes apart, or to crush a power, a body, or a person until they collapse
- ra'aרָעַעto break, shatter, or smash to pieces
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- to be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- pararפָּרַרto break something binding so it no longer holds: to annul a covenant, vow, or law, or to frustrate a plan
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- to break apart, shatter, or split into pieces
- nataqנָתַקto pull something apart by force: to snap what binds, drag a person away, or wrench a thing loose
- ratsatsרָצַץto crush: to break or grind something to pieces by pressure or a blow, and so to oppress and grind down the weak
- klaōκλάωto break bread: to break a loaf into pieces by hand so it can be shared
- katagnumiκατάγνυμιto breaknot studied yet
- parasפָּרַסto break in two: to part a whole thing into pieces
- kataklaōκατακλάωto breaknot studied yet
- purפּוּרto breaknot studied yet
- garasגָּרַסto breaknot studied yet
- nirנִירto breaknot studied yet
- re'aרְעַעto breaknot studied yet
- sunthruptōσυνθρύπτωto breaknot studied yet
- natasנָתַסto breaknot studied yet
- nataנָתַעto breaknot studied yet
- peraqפְּרַקto breaknot studied yet
- patatפָּתַתto breaknot studied yet
- tevarתְּבַרto breaknot studied yet
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