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Strong's #7663 - שָׁבַר

Transliteration
sâbar
Phonetics
saw-bar', shaw-bar'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
2232
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. to inspect, examine, wait, hope, wait upon
    1. (Qal) examined (participle)
    2. (Piel)
      1. to wait (for), wait upon
      2. to hope (for)

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (8)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
BSB (8)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
CSB (7)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
ESV (6)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
KJV (8)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
LEB (7)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 1
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (8)
Ruth 1
Nehemiah 2
Esther 1
Psalms 3
Isaiah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2462) rbx (סבר SBR) AC: Consider CO: ? AB: ?: A patient watching, waiting or expectation.

V) rbx (סבר SBR) - Consider: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: rbV rbs] KJV (9): (vf: Paal, Piel, Participle) hope, wait, view, tarry, think - Strongs: H5452 (סְבַר), H7663 (שָׁבַר)

Nm ) rbx (סבר SBR) - Consideration: [df: rbV] KJV (2): hope - Strongs: H7664 (שֵׂבֶר)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 I. [שָׂבַר] verb inspect, examine (van d. H. שֹׁבֵר [so ᵐ5 συντρίβων], but Masoretic ׳שׂ see Norzi; hence connection with Arabic probe a wound, try, examine, improbable, and this (according to Frä261) denominative from Aramaic loan-word; improbable also is connection with Aramaic סְבַר think (compare following), Kau Aramaic in AT, 85); —

Qal Participle שׂבֵר, with ב object, Nehemiah 2:13,15 I examined into the wall, inspected it closely.

II. [שָׂבַר] Pi`el wait, hope (Aramaism; compare Aramaic סְבַר think, Pa`el hope; believe, hope, Pa`el think, Aph`el hope); — Perfect 1 singular שִׂבַּרְתִּי Psalm 119:166,3plural שִׂבְּרוּ Esther 9:1; Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְשַׂבְּרוּ Isaiah 38:18, יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ Psalm 145:15, יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן Psalm 104:27; 2 feminine plural תְּשַׂבֵּרְנָה Ruth 1:13; —

1 wait for, ל person, Ruth 1:13.

2 hope for, ל of thing Psalm 119:166, אֶל of thing Isaiah 38:18, אֶל person Psalm 104:27; Psalm 145:15; ל infinitive Esther 9:1 hope to rule.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׁבַר fut. יִשְׁבֹּר

(1)  to break, to break to pieces (Aram. and Arab. תְּבַּר, تبر id.; comp. פָּרַר), Genesis 19:9; Jeremiah 2:20, 19:10 Isaiah 42:3; Amos 1:5 used of ships broken by the wind, Ezekiel 27:26. Part. שָׁבוּר broken, i.e. having a member broken, Levit. 22:22. See several phrases under the words זְרוֹעַ, מַטֶּה, קֶשֶׁת. Pregn., Hosea 2:20, וְקֶשֶׁת וְחרֶב וּמִלְחָמָה אֶשְׁבֹּר מִן־הָאָרֶץ “and the bow, and sword, and weapons of war I will break (and cast) out of the land.” Metaph.

(a) to break (quench) thirst, Psalms 104:11.

(b) to break any one’s mind, i.e. to affect with sadness, Psalms 69:21, 147:3.

(2) to tear any one, as a wild beast, 1 Kings 13:26, 28 1 Kings 13:28.

(3) to break down, to destroy, Daniel 11:26; Ezekiel 30:21 See Niphal No. 3, and שֶׁבֶר.

(4) to measure off, to define (from the idea of cutting; compare גָּזַר). Job 38:10, וָאֶשְׁבֹּר עָלָיו חֻקִּי “when I set a boundary to it” (the sea).

(5) denom. from שֶׁבֶר No. 5.

(a) to buy corn, with the addition of שֶׁבֶר Genesis 47:14 בַּר Genesis 42:3 and absol. Genesis 42:5; Isaiah 55:1 (where it is also applied to wine and milk).

(b) to sell corn, Genesis 41:56 compare Hiphil No. 2.

Niphal, pass.

(1) to be broken, Isaiah 14:29 used of ships which are wrecked, Ezekiel 27:34; Jonah 1:4 also to break one’s limbs, Isaiah 8:15, 28:13. Metaph. of a mind broken, i.e. afflicted, sad, Psalms 34:19; Isaiah 61:1 contrite with penitence, Psalms 51:19. It once appears to be put transitively for Kal, to break any one’s mind, or heart, Ezekiel 6:9.

(2) to be torn to pieces, Psalms 124:7. Used of cattle hurt or wounded, Exodus 22:9, 13 Exodus 22:13; Ezekiel 34:4, 16 Ezekiel 34:16; Zechariah 11:16, הַנִּשְׁבָּרָה “wounded cattle.”

(3) to be broken down (as an army), Daniel 11:22; 2 Chronicles 14:12 to be destroyed, to perish (as a kingdom, a city, a people), Isaiah 8:15, 24:10 28:13 Jeremiah 48:4; Daniel 8:25, 11:4 Ezekiel 30:8.

Piel שִׁבַּר i.q. Kal, but stronger, to break altogether, thoroughly, to break in pieces, as any one’s teeth, Psalms 3:8 statues, altars, 2 Kings 18:4, 23:14 ships, Psalms 48:8.

Hiphil

(1) to cause to break through (the womb), i.e. that the child shall appear, Isaiah 66:9, הַאֲנִי אַשְׁבִּיר וְלֹא אוֹלִיד “shall I cause to break open (the womb), and not cause to bring forth?” Compare Hosea 13:13; Isaiah 37:3 and n. מַשְׁבֵּר.

(2) denom. from שֶׁבֶר to sell corn, Genesis 42:6; Amos 8:5,.

Hophal, to be broken (of the mind), Jeremiah 8:21.

Derivatives, שֶׁבֶר, שִׁבָּוֹן, מִשְׁבָּר, מַשְׁבֵּר.


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List of Word Forms
יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יְשַׂבֵּ֑רוּ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן ישברו ישברון שִׂבְּר֜וּ שִׂבַּ֣רְתִּי שֹׂבֵ֖ר שֹׂבֵ֜ר שבר שברו שברתי תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה תשברנה śib·bar·tî śib·bə·rū sibBarti śibbartî sibbeRu śibbərū śō·ḇêr śōḇêr soVer tə·śab·bê·rə·nāh tesabBerenah təśabbêrənāh yə·śab·bê·rū yə·śab·bə·rū yə·śab·bê·rūn yesabBeru yəśabbêrū yəśabbərū yesabbeRun yəśabbêrūn
 
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