הָרַס
hāras
throw down
Strong's H2040VerbHebrewTWOT 516

הָרַס (hāras) is a Hebrew verb meaning throw down. It appears 43 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2040).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 516)

Range of meaning (TWOT 516)throw down, break, tear down; break down, break away, break through; be thrown, torn down; overthrow; pull, destroy; beat down, pluck down, pull down, ruin
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

הָרַס verb: throw down, break, tear down

Strong's H2040 הָרַס: to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV:beat down, break (down, through), overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, × utterly.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

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Exodus 15:7Judges 6:252 Samuel 11:25

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