הָרַס haras

Hebrew word for “to overthrow” · Strong’s H2040 · used 43 times in 42 verses

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Meaning

1) to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly;

How it is translated

Glosses given for haras in context, with how often each is used:

• will tear down 10
• tear down 3
• will be torn down 3
• torn down 2
• have torn down 2
• tore down 2
• tears down 2
• broken down 2
• has torn down 2
• threw down 1
• should break through 1
• break through 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 19 (2), 1 Kings 19 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Lamentations 2 (2), Ezekiel 26 (2), Ezekiel 36 (2), Exodus 15 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Judges 6 (1), 2 Samuel 11 (1)

Forms

• הרס 6
• יהרסו 3
• והרסו 3
• תהרס 2
• הרסו 2
• אהרס 2
• נהרסו 2
• והרסתי 2
• ונהרסו 2
• תהרסם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with haras more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָתַשׁ natash “to uproot” 6
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 10
• נָטַע nata “to plant” 6
• נָתַץ natats “to tear” 5
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 6
• חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 4
• אֲנִי ani “I” 6
• שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 3
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 4
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
• עִיר ir “city” 5

Key verses

The verses using haras that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:7 — 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 23:24 — 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.
• 1 Kings 19:10 — 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…
• Job 12:14 — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Jeremiah 1:10 — 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 — 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,…
• Jeremiah 31:28 — 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…
• Jeremiah 42:10 — 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…
• Jeremiah 50:15 — 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…
• Lamentations 2:2 — 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…
• Lamentations 2:17 — 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:…
• Malachi 1:4 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.