Definition

to be fragile (figuratively)

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7665 (שָׁבַר);

Word family

• שָׁבַר shâbar

How the KJV renders it

• broken

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.