King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2040
Transliteration: haras
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to throw down, break or tear down
Meaning: to pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy
Word Summary
haras: to throw down, break or tear down
Original Word: הָרַסTransliteration: haras
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to throw down, break or tear down
Meaning: to pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy
Strong's Concordance
beat down, break down, through, destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, A primitive root; to pull down or in pieces, break, &? Destroy -- beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2040. haras
הָרַס verb throw down, break or tear down (MI הרם; ? Arabic , bruise, bray, pound, crush (grain)) —
Qal Perfect ׳הָ Lamentations 2:2, 17; הָרָ֑ס Isaiah 14:17; וְהָרַסְתָּ֫ Judges 6:25 וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 13:14; Micah 5:10; וְהָֽרְסוּ Ezekiel 16:39; 26:4, 12 הָרָ֑סוּ 1 Kings 19:10, 14; Imperfect יַהֲרוֺס Job 12:14; suffix יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 22:19; וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ 1 Chronicles 20:1; יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה Proverbs 29:4 יֶהֶרְסֵם Psalm 28:5; 3feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ Proverbs 14:1-2;masculine singular תַּהֲרֹס Exodus 15:7; אֶהֱרֹס Jeremiah 24:6; 42:10 אֶהֱרוֺס Malachi 1:4; 3masculine plural יֶהֶרְסוּ Exodus 19:21, 24; יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ 2 Kings 3:25; Imperative הֲרָסֿ Psalm 58:7; suffix הָרְסָהּ 2 Samuel 11:25; Infinitive הֲרֹס Jeremiah 31:28 הֲרוֺס 1:10; Participle active הֹרֵס 45:4; passive הָרוּס 1 Kings 18:30; —
1 throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Judges 6:25; 1 Kings 18:30; 19:10, 14; height (גַּב, where idol-altar stood ? compare גֶּב below גבב) Ezekiel 16:39; city (cities) Isaiah 14:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Kings 3:25; 1 Chronicles 20:1 (compare MI27) Malachi 1:4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezekiel 13:14; 26:12; house Proverbs 14:1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (מִבְצָרִים) Lamentations 2:2; Micah 5:10; tower(s) Ezekiel 26:4; figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Proverbs 29:4 (opposed to יַעֲמִיד); object men Exodus 15:7 (poem in E) Isaiah 22:19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Psalm 28:5, compare (without object) Jeremiah 24:6; 42:10; object indefinite הֹרֵס אֲנִי בָּנִיתִי אשׁר 45:4; absolute 1:10; 31:28; Lamentations 2:17; Job 12:14.
2 break down, break away ׳ה בְּפִימוֺ שִׁנֵּימוֺ Psalm 58:7 break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.
3 break through, intransitive, followed by ׳אֶליֿ Exodus 19:21; followed by אֶליֿ ׳לַעֲלֹת, 19:24 (both J).
Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נֶהֱרָ֑סָה Proverbs 24:31; 3plural נֶהֶרְסוּ Jeremiah 50:15; Joel 1:17; וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consecutive Ezekiel 30:4; 38:20; Imperfect יֵהָרֵס Jeremiah 31:40; 3feminine singular תֵּהָרֵס Proverbs 11:11; יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Psalm 11:3; Participle הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת Ezekiel 36:35-36, — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Proverbs 24:31, of city Jeremiah 50:15; cities Ezekiel 36:35 compare 36:36; figurative ruined Proverbs 11:11 (opposed to תָּרוּם); foundations, יְסוֺדֹת Ezekiel 30:4; שָׁתוֺת Psalm 11:3; mountains Ezekiel 38:20; storehouses מַמְּגֻרוֺת Joel 1:17 [see ׳מ]; valley east of Jerusalem וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ Jeremiah 31:40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal.
Pi`el Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exodus 23:24; Infinitive absolute הָרֵס 23:24; Participle plural suffix מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ Isaiah 49:17; — overthrow, tear down תְּהָֽרְסֵם הָרֵס Exodus 23:24 thou shalt utterly tear them down (J E; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Isaiah 49:17 ("" מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ).