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Strong's H2040 הָרַס (harac)

Harac means “destroy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2040 — ergates (“labourer”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2040
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 42
Books 16

Strong's H2040 Quick Answer

Strong's H2040 הָרַס (harac) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. harac (haw-ras') v. 1. to pull down or in pieces, break, &Š destroy [a primitive root] It has 42 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include down, pull, destroyed, ruined, and overthrow. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
harac (haw-ras') v. 1. to pull down or in pieces, break, &Š destroy [a primitive root]
Usage
42 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
down, pull, destroyed, ruined, and overthrow

Meaning and Definition

harac (haw-ras') v. 1. to pull down or in pieces, break, &Š destroy [a primitive root] KJV: beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, X utterly.

Original Word
הָרַס
Transliteration
harac
Derivation
Root: הרס
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2040. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to overthrow

Usage: 1) to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw down, tear down 1a2) to break through 1a3) to break down, break away 1b) (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to overthrow, tear down 1c2) destroyer (participle)

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How Strong's H2040 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render harac, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

down Exodus 19:21 26× pull Isaiah 22:19 destroyed 1 Chronicles 20:1 ruined Ezekiel 36:35 Break Psalms 58:6 destroy Psalms 28:5 overthrow 2 Samuel 11:25 overthroweth Proverbs 29:4

How Strong's H2040 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 42 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2040 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2040 in the Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 42 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2040.

Exodus 15:7 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Psalms 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Psalms 28:5 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 58:6 Old Testament, KJV
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Proverbs 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 24:31 Old Testament, KJV
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs 29:4 Old Testament, KJV
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Isaiah 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Isaiah 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Isaiah 49:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
Jeremiah 1:10 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 30:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
Ezekiel 36:35 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
Malachi 1:4 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2040, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 8 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2040 FAQ

What does harac (הָרַס) mean?

Harac (Strong's H2040) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "destroy". harac (haw-ras') v. 1. to pull down or in pieces, break, &Š destroy [a primitive root]

How many times is harac (הָרַס) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 42 linked usages for Strong's H2040 across 16 books.

Where can I study harac (הָרַס) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2040 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate harac (הָרַס)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as down, pull, destroyed, ruined, overthrow, and destroy. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.