282 occurrences in 12 translations

'Break' in the Bible

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Swear to me by God here and now, that you will not break an agreement with me or with my children and descendants. As I have been loyal to you, so you will be loyal to me and to the country where you are a foreign resident.”

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt."

So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

The Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to break camp.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

and all the people themselves break off the rings of gold which are in their ears, and bring in unto Aaron,

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.

Break it into pieces and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;

And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

I am Jehovah your God, who have brought you out of the land of the Egyptians, from being their servants; and I break the bars of your yoke, and cause you to go erect.

And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her.

Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'

Break camp, get going, and proceed to the hill country of the Amorites and all the nearby places in the Arabah desert, the highlands, the foothills, the Negev, the coastal plains, all of the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

'And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes,

and I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt lay them in the ark.

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

The elders of that city will bring the cow down to a continually flowing stream, to a place not tilled or sown, and they will break its neck there by the stream.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests, you must break camp and follow it.

Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

If you break the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, and go and worship other gods, and bow down to them, the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and you will quickly disappear from this good land He has given you.”

And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

and saith, 'I cause you to come up out of Egypt, and bring you in unto the land which I have sworn to your fathers, and say, I do not break My covenant with you to the age; and ye -- ye make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land -- their altars ye break down; and ye have not hearkened to My voice -- what is this ye have done?

and the three detachments blow with trumpets, and break the pitchers, and keep hold with their left hand on the lamps, and with their right hand on the trumpets to blow, and they cry, 'The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon.'

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, "Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it."

Meanwhile, some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room, waiting for her signal. So she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you!" But he snapped the cords as one might break a burned candle wick. So his secret remained undiscovered.

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine, and put her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night until the morning. And as the dawn began to break, they let her go.

Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house.

and it cometh to pass after they have brought it round, that the hand of Jehovah is against the city -- a very great destruction; and He smiteth the men of the city, from small even unto great; and break forth on them do emerods.

Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout them until the break of day. We won't leave any of them alive!" They replied, "Do whatever seems best to you." But the priest said, "Let's approach God here."

And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

So Joab's men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab's soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse,

My servants will bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place you indicate. I will break them apart there, and you can take them away. You then can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

and the cities they break down, and on every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.

And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

But Elisha responded, "Didn't my heart break as the man was turning from his chariot to greet you? Is now the time to receive money? To receive clothes? And olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, servants, or female attendants?

and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah,

And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

And the three break through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water from the well of Beth-Lehem, that is at the gate, and bear and bring in unto David, and David hath not been willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah,

There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because of your joining with Ahaziah, Yahweh will break down your works." And the ships were destroyed and were not able to go to Tarshish.

and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.

After these faithful deeds, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities and intended to break into them.

And they break down before him the altars of the Baalim, and the images that are on high above them he hath cut down, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images, he hath broken and beaten small, and streweth on the surface of the graves of those sacrificing to them,

And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.

Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had completed the wall and that no break remained in it (even though by that time I hadn't yet installed the doors in the gates),

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God.

In the dark they break into houses;by day they lock themselves in,never experiencing the light.

It will toss him around without pity. He'll try to break free from its grip,

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

“They break up my path,They profit from my destruction;No one restrains them.

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Lo, the river overfloweth he startleth not: he is confident though a Jordan break forth against his mouth.

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Though an army deploys against me,my heart is not afraid;though a war breaks out against me,still I am confident.

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּרץ 
Parats 
Usage: 49

נתק 
Nathaq 
Usage: 27

פּרח 
Parach 
Usage: 37

פּרץ 
Perets 
Usage: 20

שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 148

λύω 
Luo 
Usage: 28

בּקע 
Baqa` 
cleave , ...up , divide , rent , ... out , break through , rend , breach , asunder , hatch , brake , burst , cleft , break forth , pieces , tare , tear , win
Usage: 51

דּכא 
Daka' 
Usage: 18

הלם 
Halam 
Usage: 9

חתת 
Chathath 
Usage: 48

נפץ 
Naphats 
Usage: 22

נתץ 
Nathats 
Usage: 42

ערף 
`araph 
Usage: 5

פּצח 
Patsach 
Usage: 8

פּרק 
Paraq 
Usage: 10

פּרר 
Parar 
Usage: 51

ῥήγνυμι ῥήσσω 
Rhegnumi 
Usage: 3

συντρίβω 
suntribo 
Usage: 6

אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

גּרם 
Garam 
Usage: 3

גּרס 
Garac 
Usage: 2

דּישׁ דּושׁ דּוּשׁ 
Duwsh 
Usage: 14

דּכה 
Dakah 
Usage: 5

דּקק 
D@qaq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

המם 
Hamam 
Usage: 13

חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 142

כּתת 
Kathath 
Usage: 17

מחתּרת 
Machtereth 
Usage: 2

משׁבּר 
Mishber 
Usage: 3

נאף 
Na'aph 
Usage: 31

נוּא 
Nuw' 
Usage: 8

ניר 
Niyr 
break up
Usage: 2

עבט 
`abat 
Usage: 6

עלה 
`alah 
up , offer , come , bring , ascend , go , chew , offering , light , increase , burn , depart , put , spring , raised , arose , break , exalted ,
Usage: 890

ערץ 
`arats 
Usage: 15

פּוּח 
Puwach 
Usage: 14

פּוּץ 
Puwts 
Usage: 67

פּרק 
P@raq (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

פּרשׂ 
Paras 
Usage: 68

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

צלח צלח 
Tsalach 
Usage: 66

קוּר 
Quwr 
Usage: 5

רעע 
Ra`a` 
Usage: 98

רעע 
R@`a` (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

רצץ 
Ratsats 
Usage: 19

שׁבר שׁבר 
Sheber 
Usage: 44

שׁברון 
Shibrown 
Usage: 2

שׂדד 
Sadad 
Usage: 3

שׁוּף 
Shuwph 
Usage: 4

ἀσύνθετος 
Asunthetos 
Usage: 1

αὐγή 
Auge 
break of day
Usage: 1

διαῤῥήσσω 
Diarrhesso 
Usage: 5

διορύσσω 
Diorusso 
Usage: 0

ἐκκλάω 
Ekklao 
Usage: 3

ἐξορύσσω 
Exorusso 
Usage: 2

κατάγνυμι 
Katagnumi 
Usage: 4

κατακλάω 
Kataklao 
Usage: 2

κλάσις 
Klasis 
Usage: 2

κλάω 
Klao 
Usage: 13

παράβασις 
Parabasis 
Usage: 7

παραβάτης 
Parabates 
Usage: 5

συνθλάω 
sunthlao 
Usage: 0

συνθρύπτω 
sunthrupto 
Usage: 1

σχίζω 
Schizo 
Usage: 9

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