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Strong's H7667 שֶׁבֶר (sheber)

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

Strong's Number H7667
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 12

Strong's H7667 Quick Answer

Strong's H7667 שֶׁבֶר שֵׁבֶר (sheber) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sheber (sheh'-ber) (or sheber {shay'-ber}) n-m. 1. a fracture, figuratively, ruin 2. specifically, a solution (of a dream) It has 41 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include breach, affliction, dream, breaches, and breaking. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
sheber (sheh'-ber) (or sheber {shay'-ber}) n-m. 1. a fracture, figuratively, ruin 2. specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
breach, affliction, dream, breaches, and breaking

Meaning and Definition

sheber (sheh'-ber) (or sheber {shay'-ber}) n-m. 1. a fracture, figuratively, ruin 2. specifically, a solution (of a dream) [from H7665] KJV: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation. Root(s): H7665

Original Word
שֶׁבֶר שֵׁבֶר
Transliteration
sheber
Derivation
Root: שׁבר First root strongs: 7665
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7667. 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)

breaking

Usage: 1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering 1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing 1b) crashing 1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation 1d) quarries

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How Strong's H7667 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sheber, 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.

Breach Leviticus 24:20 affliction Jeremiah 30:15 breaches Psalms 60:2 breaking Isaiah 30:14 dream Judges 7:15

How Strong's H7667 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 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7667 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 H7667 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7667.

Leviticus 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,
Leviticus 24:20 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Psalms 60:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Proverbs 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 17:19 Old Testament, KJV
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Isaiah 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
Isaiah 15:5 Old Testament, KJV
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
Isaiah 30:13 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
Jeremiah 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:14 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Jeremiah 30:15 Old Testament, 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 48:3 Old Testament, KJV
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:5 Old Testament, KJV
For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
Jeremiah 50:22 Old Testament, KJV
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Jeremiah 51:54 Old Testament, KJV
A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
Lamentations 2:11 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 3:47 Old Testament, KJV
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Lamentations 3:48 Old Testament, KJV
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 4:10 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7667, grouped by book.

Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 14 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 5 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7667 FAQ

What does sheber (שֶׁבֶר) mean?

Sheber (Strong's H7667) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fracture". sheber (sheh'-ber) (or sheber {shay'-ber}) n-m. 1. a fracture, figuratively, ruin 2. specifically, a solution (of a dream)

How many times is sheber (שֶׁבֶר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H7667 across 12 books.

Where can I study sheber (שֶׁבֶר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7667 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate sheber (שֶׁבֶר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as breach, affliction, dream, breaches, and breaking. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.