Words the Bible translates as crush
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 16 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
- thlibōθλίβωto press physically: to squeeze or crowd something so that it is pinched tight
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- to afflict: to bear down on someone with hardship, trouble, or persecution, like a weight pressing from outside
- thrauōθραύωto crushnot studied yet
- likmaōλικμάωto crushnot studied yet
- laḥatsלָחַץto bear down on with crushing pressure: to press or squeeze something physically, and so to oppress or afflict a person or a people
- 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
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- hamamהָמַםto throw into confusion, so routing an enemy or crushing it to pieces.
- maḥatsמָחַץto strike a shattering blow: to smash or grievously wound with a forceful, targeted stroke
- daqaqדָּקַקto crush something all the way down to fine dust or powder, or to be reduced to it.
- deqaqדְּקַקto shatter a thing to pieces: to break it apart so completely that nothing is left to gather up.
- dakhahדָּכָהto crushnot studied yet
- shuphשׁוּףto strike, crush, or fall heavily upon
- zurזוּרto crushnot studied yet
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