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שֶׁבֶר H7667
H7667 is the Hebrew word שֶׁבֶר, transliterated sheber and said sheh'-ber. The King James Version most often renders it destruction.
What it means
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream).
Where it comes from
or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 30 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Verses using שֶׁבֶר
All 33 verses, quoted in full.
Leviticus 21:19 · KJV
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Leviticus 24:20 · KJV
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Judges 7:15 · KJV
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
Job 41:25 · KJV
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Psalm 60:2 · KJV
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Proverbs 15:4 · KJV
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:18 · KJV
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12 · KJV
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Isaiah 1:28 · KJV
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Isaiah 30:13 · KJV
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
Isaiah 30:14 · KJV
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
Isaiah 30:26 · KJV
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Isaiah 51:19 · KJV
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah 59:7 · KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Isaiah 60:18 · KJV
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah 65:14 · KJV
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Jeremiah 4:20 · KJV
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Jeremiah 6:14 · KJV
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:11 · KJV
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:21 · KJV
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Jeremiah 10:19 · KJV
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Jeremiah 14:17 · KJV
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Jeremiah 30:12 · KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Jeremiah 30:15 · KJV
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Jeremiah 51:54 · KJV
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Lamentations 2:11 · KJV
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:13 · KJV
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Lamentations 3:48 · KJV
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 4:10 · KJV
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 32:9 · KJV
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.
Amos 6:6 · KJV
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Nahum 3:19 · KJV
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Zephaniah 1:10 · KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7667 mean?
H7667 is the Hebrew word שֶׁבֶר (sheber), meaning a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream).
How is H7667 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it destruction (12 times), breach (5 times), hurt (3 times), bruise (2 times), brokenfooted (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7667 appear in the Bible?
שֶׁבֶר (sheber) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7667 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or שֵׁבֶר; from H7665 (שָׁבַר).
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