Words the Bible translates as break in pieces
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
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- to scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- deqaqדְּקַקto shatter a thing to pieces: to break it apart so completely that nothing is left to gather up.
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
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- to break something up into pieces, to chop it apart.
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