# הָרַס (haras)

Israeli respelling: ha-ras. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2040. 42 Old Testament occurrences.

to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/haras-h2040

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 15:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/15/7) — And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed…
- [Exodus 19:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/21) — And 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 19:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/19/24) — And 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…
- [Exodus 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/24) — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break dow…
- [Judges 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/6/25) — And 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 ol…
- [2 Samuel 11:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/11/25) — Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well a…
- [1 Kings 18:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/30) — And 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 w…
- [1 Kings 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/19/10) — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine a…
- [1 Kings 19:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/19/14) — And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thi…
- [2 Kings 3:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/3/25) — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of w…
- [1 Chronicles 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/20/1) — And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wa…
- [Job 12:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/12/14) — Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
- [Psalms 11:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/11/3) — If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
- [Psalms 28:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/28/5) — Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
- [Psalms 58:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/58/6) — Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
- [Proverbs 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/11) — By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- [Proverbs 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/1) — Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
- [Proverbs 24:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/31) — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- [Proverbs 29:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/4) — The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
- [Isaiah 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/17) — That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
- [Isaiah 22:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/19) — And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
- [Isaiah 49:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/49/17) — Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
- [Jeremiah 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/1/10) — See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to…
- [Jeremiah 24:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/24/6) — For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I…
- [Jeremiah 31:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/28) — And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to…
- [Jeremiah 31:40](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/40) — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate t…
- [Jeremiah 42:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/10) — If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent…
- [Jeremiah 45:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/45/4) — Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will…
- [Jeremiah 50:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/15) — Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of t…
- [Lamentations 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/2) — The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daug…
- [Lamentations 2:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/17) — The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and…
- [Ezekiel 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/13/14) — So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof s…
- [Ezekiel 16:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/16/39) — And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall…
- [Ezekiel 26:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/26/4) — And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a…
- [Ezekiel 26:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/26/12) — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasan…
- [Ezekiel 30:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/30/4) — And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her…
- [Ezekiel 36:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/35) — And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become…
- [Ezekiel 36:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/36) — Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the…
- [Ezekiel 38:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/38/20) — So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth,…
- [Joel 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/1/17) — The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
- [Micah 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/5/11) — And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
- [Malachi 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/4) — Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build,…