Quick Definition
breaking
Strong's Definition
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Derivation: or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר);
KJV Usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
TWOT Reference: 2321a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) — breaking. 1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering 1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing 1b) crashing 1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation 1d) quarries
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁבר
Impact
breaking, breach = causative action or process by which humans or deities cause an object to be broken into two or more pieces; ≈ sometimes use figuratively to denote the sudden end of a certain condition or situation
Impact
injury, fracture literally: to break; hence: = causative action or process by which humans, deities, animals, or circumstances cause (other) humans or animals to be severely injured
Grieve
Collocation: שֵׁבֶר רוּחַ · שֶׁבֶר בְּרוּחַ
to break (someone's) spirit > to cause profound grief literally: breaking of (someone's) spirit; hence: = causative process by which deities or circumstances cause humans to suffer profound grief
Know
interpretation literally: breaking; hence: = action by which humans explain the meaning of an event that is hard to interpret, such as a dream
Sounds
crashing sound literally: (sound of) breaking; hence: = process by which a loud sound is heard, ◄ which is experienced as similar to the sound of something breaking
Unsafe
disaster, destruction literally: breaking; hence: = causative action by which humans, deities, or circumstances take away peace from a community by causing destruction, death, and suffering
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noun m
name
Names of People
Sheber = man; ◄ son of Caleb and his concubine Maacah; brother of Tirhanah; tribe of Judah
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫בֶר, שֵׁ֫בֶר n.m. breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash base