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Isaiah 14:5
“The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁבַרshâbar · shaw-bar'
H7665 · Hebrew
H7665 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to burst (literally or figuratively)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).
- Grammar
- שָׁבַ֥ר — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 149 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 19:9Exodus 9:25Exodus 12:46Exodus 22:9Exodus 22:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁבַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.