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הָרַס H2040

H2040 is the Hebrew word הָרַס, transliterated hâraç and said haw-ras'. The King James Version most often renders it throw down.

Word: הָרַסTransliteration: hâraçSaid: haw-ras'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 38 verses

What it means

to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

throw down 6×thrown down 6×break down 4×destroyed 3×overthrow 2×broken down 2×ruined 2×hast overthrown 1×lest they break through 1×break through 1×utterly 1×beat down 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

Verses using הָרַס

All 38 verses, quoted in full.

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.

Exodus 19:21 · KJV

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.

Exodus 19:24 · KJV

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.

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.

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:

2 Samuel 11:25 · KJV

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

1 Kings 18:30 · KJV

And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

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.

1 Kings 19:14 · KJV

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because 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.

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 Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

1 Chronicles 20:1 · KJV

And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

Job 12:14 · KJV

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Psalm 11:3 · KJV

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Psalm 28:5 · KJV

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Psalm 58:6 · KJV

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Proverbs 11:11 · KJV

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

Proverbs 14:1 · KJV

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

Isaiah 14:17 · KJV

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

Isaiah 49:17 · KJV

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

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.

Jeremiah 24:6 · KJV

For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

Jeremiah 31:28 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.

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.

Jeremiah 42:10 · KJV

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.

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.

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.

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.

Lamentations 2:17 · KJV

The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

Ezekiel 13:14 · KJV

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 16:39 · KJV

And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare.

Ezekiel 26:4 · KJV

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.

Ezekiel 26:12 · KJV

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Ezekiel 36:35 · KJV

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

Ezekiel 36:36 · KJV

Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

Ezekiel 38:20 · KJV

So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

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.

Micah 5:11 · KJV

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

Malachi 1:4 · KJV

Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2040 mean?

H2040 is the Hebrew word הָרַס (hâraç), meaning to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy.

How is H2040 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it throw down (6 times), thrown down (6 times), break down (4 times), destroyed (3 times), overthrow (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2040 appear in the Bible?

הָרַס (hâraç) is tagged in 38 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2040 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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