Strong's Lexicon

H2040

H2040 — הָרַס

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewharacverbOccurrences: 43TWOT: 516

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2040
Word:	הָרַס
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	43
Transliteration:	harac
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	haw-ras'
Meaning:	1. to pull down or in pieces, break, &Š destroy
KJV Renderings:	beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.

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הָרַס verb throw down, break or tear down ( MI הרם; ? Arabic [untranscribed source text 1342], bruise, bray, pound, crush (grain)) —

Qal Perfect ׳ הָ Lam 2:2; Lam 2:17 הָרָ֑ס Isa 14:17 וְהָרַסְתָּ֫ Judg 6:25 וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י Ezek 13:14; Mic 5:10 וְהָֽרְסוּ Ezek 16:39; Ezek 26:4; Ezek 26:12 הָרָ֑סוּ 1Kgs 19:10; 1Kgs 19:14 Imperfect יַהֲרוֺס Job 12:14 suffix יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ Isa 22:19 וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ 1Chr 20:1 יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה Prov 29:4 יֶהֶרְסֵם Ps 28:5 3 feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ Prov 14:1 2 masculine singular תַּהֲרֹס Exod 15:7 אֶהֱרֹס Jer 24:6; Jer 42:10 אֶהֱרוֺס Mal 1:4 3 masculine plural יֶהֶרְסוּ Exod 19:21; Exod 19:24 יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ 2Kgs 3:25 Imperative הֲרָסֿ Ps 58:7 suffix הָרְסָהּ 2Sam 11:25 Infinitive הֲרֹס Jer 31:28 הֲרוֺס Jer 1:10 Participle active הֹרֵס Jer 45:4 passive הָרוּס 1Kgs 18:30 —

1. throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Judg 6:25; 1Kgs 18:30; 1Kgs 19:10; 1Kgs 19:14 height (גַּב, where idol-altar stood ? compare גֶּב below גבב ) Ezek 16:39 city (cities) Isa 14:17; 2Sam 11:25; 2Kgs 3:25; 1Chr 20:1 (compare MI²⁷ ) Mal 1:4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezek 13:14; Ezek 26:12 house Prov 14:1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (מִבְצָרִים) Lam 2:2; Mic 5:10 tower(s) Ezek 26:4 figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Prov 29:4 (opposed to יַעֲמִיד); object men Exod 15:7 (poem in E ) Isa 22:19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Ps 28:5, compare (without object) Jer 24:6; Jer 42:10 object indefinite אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס Jer 45:4 absolute Jer 1:10 ; Jer 31:28; Lam 2:17; Job 12:14.

2. break down, break away שִׁנֵּימוֺ בְּפִימוֺ ׳ ה Ps 58:7 break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.

3. break through, intransitive, followed by ׳ אֶליֿ Exod 19:21 followed by ׳ לַעֲלֹת אֶליֿ, Exod 19:24 (both J ).

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶהֱרָ֑סָה Prov 24:31 3 plural נֶהֶרְסוּ Jer 50:15 ; Joel 1:17 וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consecutive Ezek 30:4; Ezek 38:20 Imperfect יֵהָרֵס Jer 31:40 3 feminine singular תֵּהָרֵס Prov 11:11 יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Ps 11:3 Participle הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת Ezek 36:35 ; Ezek 36:36 — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Prov 24:31, of city Jer 50:15 cities Ezek 36:35 compare Ezek 36:36 figurative ruined Prov 11:11 (opposed to תָּרוּם); foundations, יְסוֺדֹת Ezek 30:4 שָׁתוֺת Ps 11:3 mountains Ezek 38:20 storehouses מַמְּגֻרוֺת Joel 1:17 [see ׳ מ]; valley east of Jerusalem לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס Jer 31:40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal.

Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exod 23:24 Infinitive absolute הָרֵס Exod 23:24 Participle plural suffix מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ Isa 49:17 — overthrow, tear down הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם Exod 23:24 thou shalt utterly tear them down ( J E ; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Isa 49:17 (|| מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הרס (h-ras’)

Judges 6:25

KJV: And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:even: or, and

EHCC: and throw down the altar

1 Kings 19:10

KJV: And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

EHCC: 14. thrown down thine altars,

Isaiah 14:17

KJV: That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?opened…: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?

EHCC: destroyed the cities thereof’;

Lamentations 2:2

KJV: The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.brought…: Heb. made to touch

EHCC: he hath thrown down in his wrath

Micah 5:11

KJV: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:

EHCC: (10).and throw down all thy atrong holds: .

Jeremiah 1:10

KJV: See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

EHCC: to destroy, and to throw down, |

Psalms 68:6

KJV: God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.in families: Heb. in a house

EHCC: (7). Break their teeth, 0 /

Exodus 15:7

KJV: And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.

EHCC: thow hast overthrown them that rose

2 Kings 3:25

KJV: And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.only in…: Heb. until he left its stones in Kir–haraseth

EHCC: they beat down the cities,

Job 19:14

KJV: My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

EHCC: Behold, Ae breaketh down, י

Proverbs 14:1

KJV: Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

EHCC: but the foolish plucketh it down

Isaiah 22:19

KJV: And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.

EHCC: from thy state shall he pull thee down.

Jeremiah 45:4

KJV: Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

EHCC: which I have built will 1 break down,

Proverbs 24:31

KJV: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

EHCC: the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Jeremiah 50:15

KJV: Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.

EHCC: ber walls are thrown down:

Ezekiel 30:4

KJV: And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.pain: or, fear

EHCC: and her foundations shall be broken down,

Joel 1:17

KJV: The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.seed: Heb. grains

EHCC: the barns are broken down;

Proverbs 11:11

KJV: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

EHCC: but it ia overthrown by the mouth |

Jeremiah 31:40

KJV: And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

EHCC: nor thrown down any more 0

Exodus 23:24

KJV: 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.

EHCC: thou shale utterly overthrow them, .

Exodus 23:24

KJV: 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.

EHCC: thom shalt utterly overthrow them,

Isaiah 49:17

KJV: Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

EHCC: thy destroyers and they that made |