Lexical Definition

‎הָרַס‎ hâraç (haw-ras') to overthrow ^H:V
a primitive root

beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

• to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy

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)

See Greek: βιάζω · ἐγγίζω · ἐξαίρω · καθαίρεσις · καθαιρέω · καταβάλλω · κατασκάπτω · καταστρέφω · ῥήγνυμι · συντρίβω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הָרַס‎ verb throw down, break or tear down (MI ‎הרם‎; ? Arabic , bruise, bray, pound, crush (grain)) —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎הָ‎ Lam 2:2; Lam 2:17 ‎הָרָ֑ס‎ Isa 14:17 ‎וְהָרַסְתָּ֫‎ Judg 6:25 ‎וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י‎ Ezek 13:14; Mic 5:10* ‎וְהָֽרְסוּ‎ Ezek 16:39; Ezek 26:4; Ezek 26:12 ‎הָרָ֑סוּ‎ 1Kgs 19:10; 1Kgs 19:14 Imperfect ‎יַהֲרוֺס‎ Job 12:14 suffix ‎יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ‎ Isa 22:19 ‎וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ‎ 1Chr 20:1 ‎יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה‎ Prov 29:4 ‎יֶהֶרְסֵם‎ Ps 28:5 3 feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular ‎תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ‎ Prov 14:1 2 masculine singular ‎תַּהֲרֹס‎ Exod 15:7 ‎אֶהֱרֹס‎ Jer 24:6; Jer 42:10 ‎אֶהֱרוֺס‎ Mal 1:4 3 masculine plural ‎יֶהֶרְסוּ‎ Exod 19:21; Exod 19:24 ‎יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ‎ 2Kgs 3:25 Imperative ‎הֲרָסֿ‎ Ps 58:7* suffix ‎הָרְסָהּ‎ 2Sam 11:25 Infinitive ‎הֲרֹס‎ Jer 31:28 ‎הֲרוֺס‎ Jer 1:10 Participle active ‎הֹרֵס‎ Jer 45:4 passive ‎הָרוּס‎ 1Kgs 18:30 —

1. throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Judg 6:25; 1Kgs 18:30; 1Kgs 19:10; 1Kgs 19:14 height (‎גַּב‎, where idol-altar stood ? compare ‎גֶּב‎ below ‎גבב‎) Ezek 16:39 city (cities) Isa 14:17; 2Sam 11:25; 2Kgs 3:25; 1Chr 20:1 (compare MI²⁷) Mal 1:4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezek 13:14; Ezek 26:12 house Prov 14:1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (‎מִבְצָרִים‎) Lam 2:2; Mic 5:10* tower(s) Ezek 26:4 figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Prov 29:4 (opposed to ‎יַעֲמִיד‎); object men Exod 15:7 (poem in E) Isa 22:19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Ps 28:5, compare (without object) Jer 24:6; Jer 42:10 object indefinite ‎אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס‎ Jer 45:4 absolute Jer 1:10; Jer 31:28; Lam 2:17; Job 12:14.

2. break down, break away ‎שִׁנֵּימוֺ בְּפִימוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Ps 58:7* break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.

3. break through, intransitive, followed by ‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎ Exod 19:21 followed by ‎׳‎‎לַעֲלֹת אֶליֿ‎, vExod 19:24 (both J). Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎נֶהֱרָ֑סָה‎ Prov 24:31 3 plural ‎נֶהֶרְסוּ‎ Jer 50:15; Joel 1:17 ‎וְנֶהֶרְסוּ‎ consecutive Ezek 30:4; Ezek 38:20 Imperfect ‎יֵהָרֵס‎ Jer 31:40 3 feminine singular ‎תֵּהָרֵס‎ Prov 11:11 ‎יֵהָרֵס֑וּן‎ Ps 11:3 Participle ‎הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת‎ Ezek 36:35; Ezek 36:36 — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Prov 24:31, of city Jer 50:15 cities Ezek 36:35 compare vEzek 36:36 figurative ruined Prov 11:11 (opposed to ‎תָּרוּם‎); foundations, ‎יְסוֺדֹת‎ Ezek 30:4 ‎שָׁתוֺת‎ Ps 11:3 mountains Ezek 38:20 storehouses ‎מַמְּגֻרוֺת‎ Joel 1:17 [see ‎׳‎‎מ‎]; valley east of Jerusalem ‎לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס‎ Jer 31:40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal. Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎תְּהָֽרְסֵם‎ Exod 23:24 Infinitive absolute ‎הָרֵס‎ Exod 23:24 Participle plural suffix ‎מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ‎ Isa 49:17 — overthrow, tear down ‎הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם‎ Exod 23:24 thou shalt utterly tear them down (J E; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Isa 49:17 (|| ‎מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ‎).

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