Words the Bible translates as bruise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 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
- ratsatsרָצַץto crush: to break or grind something to pieces by pressure or a blow, and so to oppress and grind down the weak
- dakahדָּכָאto crush: to pound or grind something to pieces, and so to break a person down, whether by brute force, by unjust oppression, or in the humbling of the spirit
- ḥabburahחַבּוּרָהa bruise or welt: the discolored mark a blow leaves on the skin, where blood pools underneath without the skin being broken open
- shuphשׁוּףto strike, crush, or fall heavily upon
- ma'akhמָעַךְto bruisenot studied yet
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