H7670 H7670
breaking, crushing; violent shattering or emotional distress
A noun meaning breaking or crushing. Ezekiel 21:6 uses 'breaking of the loins' to describe emotional anguish and physical collapse. Jeremiah 17:18 calls for enemies to receive 'double crushing'—intensified destruction. The term evokes both physical violence and the psychological devastation that accompanies judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Denotes shattering or crushing, literal or figurative. Ezekiel 21:6 employs 'breaking of the loins' (שִׁבְרוֹן מָתְנַיִם) parallel to 'bitterness' (מְרִירוּת), describing the visceral collapse of strength under divine judgment—knees buckle, courage fails. Jeremiah 17:18 calls down 'double crushing' (שִׁבָּרוֹן מִשְׁנֶה, if emended from MT's שִׁכָּרוֹן 'drunkenness') upon persecutors. Spanish 'quebrantamiento' (shattering) and French 'brisure' (breaking) capture the violent fracturing. The term bridges physical destruction and emotional devastation, making it apt for judgment oracles. 2×
AR["انْكِسَارِهِمْ", "بِانْكِسَارِ"]·ben["-সহিত", "ভাঙনে"]·DE["[בשברון]", "[שברון]"]·EN["breaking", "with-breaking-of"]·FR["[שברון]", "brisure"]·heb["ב-שברון", "שברון"]·HI["टूट", "से-टूटने"]·ID["dengan-patahnya", "kehancuran"]·IT["[בשברון]", "[שברון]"]·jav["sarana-pulih"]·KO["-부러짐-안에서", "파멸로"]·PT["com-quebrantamento-de", "quebranto"]·RU["в-сокрушении", "сокрушением"]·ES["con-quebranto-de", "quebrantamiento"]·SW["kwa-kuvunjika", "uvunjaji"]·TR["kırılmanın", "kırılışıyla"]·urd["ٹوٹ", "ٹوٹنے-سے"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שִׁבָּרוֹן n.[m.] breaking, crushing;—fig.; cstr. שִׁבְרוֹן מָתְנַיִם Ez 21:11 (emotional distress; ‖ מְרִירוּת), read שִׁבָּ׳ also (for MT שִׁכָּרוֹן) 23:33 Co Berthol Krae; crushing of opponents Je 17:18.