Strong's Hebrew · H2040
הָרַס
hâraç · haw-ras'
beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.
Definition
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 43 times in Scripture
“Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.”
“Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.”
“Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.””
“Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.”
“On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
“And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.””
“You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.”
“You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.”
“and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).