מִשְׁבָּר
mishbar · breaker, wave
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4867 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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mishbar (מִשְׁבָּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “breaker, wave”.
A large breaking wave; the breakers of the sea. It is used as an image of an overwhelming danger.
How to say it
mish·bar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Sea water that rises and crashes.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- breakers ×4
- waves ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 22:5
For the waves of death encompassed me; the torrents of wickedness terrified me.
- Psalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep at the voice of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves over me have passed.
- Psalms 88:7
Upon me your fury has leaned, and with all your breakers you have afflicted me. Selah.
- Psalms 93:4
More than the voices of many waters, more than the magnificent breakers of the sea, magnificent on high is YHWH.
- Jonah 2:3
You cast me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current surrounded me; all your breakers and your waves passed over me.