To overthrow
הָרַסStrong’s H2040haras (ha-ras)
Appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Haras is the Hebrew word usually translated “tear down”, “have torn down” and “torn down”. It appears in 42 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly(Qal) · (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down · (Piel)
How it's translated
- i will tear down 3
- and they will tear down 3
- they have torn down 2
- they will be torn down 2
- and to tear down 2
- he has torn down 2
- and i will tear down 2
- you threw down 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 8
- Jeremiah 7
- Exodus 4
- Proverbs 4
- 1 Kings 3
- Psalms 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 19:21And 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 19:24And 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 23:24Thou 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 6:25And 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 11:25Then 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 18:30And 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.
All 42 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
הָרַס haras · to overthrow
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “overthrow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OVERTHROW, verb transitive
[See Throw.]
- To turn upside down.
- To throw down.
- To ruin; to demolish.
- To defeat; to conquer; to vanquish; as, to overthrow an army or an enemy.
All definitions and other forms of “overthrow”
- To subvert; to destroy; as, to overthrow the constitution or state; to overthrow religion.
O'VERTHROW, noun
- The state of being overturned or turned off the basis.
- Ruin; destruction; as the overthrow of the state.
- Defeat; discomfiture; as the overthrow of enemies.
- Degradation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.