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The term "breaketh" is an archaic form of the verb "break," often found in older translations of the Bible. It signifies the act of breaking, shattering, or causing something to come apart. In the context of Scripture, "breaketh" is used both literally and metaphorically, illustrating physical destruction as well as spiritual or moral disruption.

Literal Usage

In its literal sense, "breaketh" is used to describe the physical act of breaking objects or barriers. For example, in the context of God's power over creation, the psalmist declares:

· "The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon." (Psalm 29:5)

This passage highlights the might and authority of God's voice, which is so powerful that it can shatter the mighty cedars of Lebanon, a symbol of strength and grandeur in the ancient Near East.

Metaphorical Usage

Metaphorically, "breaketh" is employed to describe the breaking of covenants, laws, or spiritual states. It often conveys the idea of transgression or the violation of divine commandments. In the prophetic literature, the breaking of God's covenant by His people is a recurring theme:

· "For they are a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, 'See not'; and to the prophets, 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits.'" (Isaiah 30:9-10)

Here, the breaking of God's law is depicted as a willful act of rebellion, where the people reject the truth and seek falsehoods instead.

Spiritual and Moral Implications

The concept of "breaketh" extends to the spiritual and moral realms, where it signifies the breaking of one's spirit or the contrition of the heart. In the Psalms, a broken spirit is seen as a prerequisite for true repentance and humility before God:

· "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." (Psalm 51:17)

This verse underscores the importance of inner transformation and the acknowledgment of one's sinfulness as essential to receiving God's mercy and forgiveness.

Divine Judgment and Restoration

The act of breaking is also associated with divine judgment, where God breaks the power of the wicked or the pride of nations. However, it is important to note that God's breaking is often followed by restoration and healing. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of God's ability to both break and restore:

· "See, I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might." (Jeremiah 49:35)

Yet, God also promises restoration and hope for those who turn back to Him, demonstrating His mercy and faithfulness.

In summary, "breaketh" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from the literal breaking of objects to the metaphorical breaking of spiritual and moral states. It serves as a powerful reminder of God's sovereignty, the consequences of sin, and the hope of redemption through repentance and faith.

Strong's Hebrew

5003. naaph -- to commit adultery
... A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize -- adulterer(-
ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock. 5002, 5003. ...
/hebrew/5003.htm - 6k

Library

The Morning Breaketh
... THE MORNING BREAKETH. TEXT: "Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said,
The morning cometh, and also the night.""Isaiah 21:11-12. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/the morning breaketh.htm

"And He Said, Let Me Go, for the Day Breaketh. " --Genesis xxxii. ...
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CXXXII. "And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.""Genesis
xxxii. ... "And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.""Genesis 32:26. ...
/.../montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cxxxii and he said.htm

The Image and the Stone
... And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces
and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the image and the stone.htm

Of the Wonderful Power of the Divine Love
... Love oftentimes knoweth no measure, but breaketh out above all measure; love feeleth
no burden, reckoneth not labours, striveth after more than it is able to do ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter v of the wonderful.htm

The Children of the Poor.
... DISCOURSE VII. THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR. THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR. The young children
ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them."Lamentations 4. 4. ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vii the children of.htm

Fences and Serpents
... '... Whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.'"Ecclesiastes 10:8. ... Young
men! 'whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.'. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/fences and serpents.htm

On the Same Lesson of the Gospel, John ix. , on the Giving Sight ...
... what know ye? "That this man is not of God, because he thus breaketh the sabbath ...
What is, "this Man is not of God, because He thus breaketh the sabbath day"? ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxxvi on the same.htm

The Folly of Slander. Part 2.
... He draweth (thinks he), no blood, nor breaketh any bones, nor impresseth any remarkable
scar; 'tis only the soft air he breaketh with his tongue, 'tis only a ...
/.../barrow/sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/the folly of slander part 2.htm

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
... "And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces
and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 40 nebuchadnezzars dream.htm

The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... is, the authors for their works. "A soft tongue," says the wise man, "breaketh
the bone." Prov.25:15. Here the word tongue is put ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

Thesaurus

Breaketh (49 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Breaketh (49 Occurrences). Genesis 30 ... house?' (YLT).
Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. ...
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Raiseth (33 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Job 16:12 At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold
on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark. ...
/r/raiseth.htm - 15k

Multiplieth (13 Occurrences)
... Exodus 1:12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth,
and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel; (YLT). ...
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Cedar (61 Occurrences)
... The voice of Yahweh breaketh the cedars; Yea, Yahweh breaketh in pieces the cedars
of Lebanon" (Psalm 29:4, 5). The cedars are tall-"whose height was like the ...
/c/cedar.htm - 37k

Subdueth (6 Occurrences)
... Daniel 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these ...
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Bruise (19 Occurrences)
... Daniel 2:40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these ...
/b/bruise.htm - 14k

Cutteth (37 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 14:3 and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places,
and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, (YLT). ...
/c/cutteth.htm - 18k

Shrines (40 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 14:3 and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places,
and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, (YLT). ...
/s/shrines.htm - 19k

Breaking (69 Occurrences)
... Genesis 32:26 And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' And he said:
'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.' (See NAS RSV). ...
/b/breaking.htm - 27k

Breakfast (5 Occurrences)

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Concordance

Breaketh (49 Occurrences)

Genesis 30:30
for 'it is' little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'
(YLT)

Genesis 32:26
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Exodus 1:12
and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;
(YLT)

Exodus 13:2
Hallow unto me every firstborn, whatever breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, of man and of cattle: it is mine.
(DBY)

Exodus 13:12
that thou shalt offer unto Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb, and every firstling that cometh of cattle which is thine: the males shall be Jehovah's.
(DBY)

Exodus 13:15
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.
(DBY)

Exodus 32:19
And it cometh to pass, when he hath drawn near unto the camp, that he seeth the calf, and the dancing, and the anger of Moses burneth, and he casteth out of his hands the tables, and breaketh them under the mount;
(YLT)

Numbers 3:12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;
(DBY)

Numbers 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
(DBY)

Numbers 24:8
God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And 'with' his arrows he smiteth,
(YLT)

Judges 9:45
and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who 'are' in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it 'with' salt.
(YLT)

Judges 9:53
and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,
(YLT)

Judges 16:9
And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she saith unto him, 'Philistines 'are' upon thee, Samson;' and he breaketh the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power hath not been known.
(YLT)

Judges 16:12
And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines 'are' upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.
(YLT)

2 Kings 23:7
And he breaketh down the houses of the whoremongers that 'are' in the house of Jehovah, where the women are weaving houses for the shrine.
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 20:1
And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 14:3
and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 25:23
And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, hath Joash king of Israel caught in Beth-Shemesh, and bringeth him in to Jerusalem, and breaketh down in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 34:7
And he breaketh down the altars and the shrines, and the graven images he hath beaten down very small, and all the images he hath cut down in all the land of Israel, and turneth back to Jerusalem.
(YLT)

Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
(ASV JPS)

Job 9:17
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Job 12:14
Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 16:12
At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.
(YLT)

Job 16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 19:10
He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
(DBY YLT)

Job 28:4
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Job 34:24
He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.
(ASV DBY JPS YLT)

Psalms 29:5
The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 46:9
He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 106:29
And they provoke to anger by their actions, And a plague breaketh forth upon them,
(YLT)

Psalms 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 141:7
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
(YLT)

Proverbs 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 38:13
I quieted myself until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
(ASV JPS)

Isaiah 42:3
A bruised reed he breaketh not, And dim flax he quencheth not, To truth he bringeth forth judgment.
(YLT)

Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, 'as he that offereth' swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:
(ASV DBY)

Jeremiah 19:11
And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 28:10
And Hananiah the prophet taketh the yoke from off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet, and breaketh it,
(YLT)

Lamentations 3:16
And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
(YLT)

Lamentations 4:4
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 26:9
And a battering-ram before him he placeth against thy walls, And thy towers he breaketh by his weapons.
(YLT)

Daniel 2:40
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Daniel 7:23
Thus he said: The fourth beast is the fourth kingdom in the earth, that is diverse from all kingdoms, and it consumeth all the earth, and treadeth it down, and breaketh it small.
(YLT)

Daniel 8:7
And I have seen it coming near the ram, and it becometh embittered at it, and smiteth the ram, and breaketh its two horns, and there hath been no power in the ram to stand before it, and it casteth it to the earth, and trampleth it down, and there hath been no deliverer to the ram out of its power.
(YLT)

Micah 2:13
One that breaketh through is gone up before them: they have broken forth, and have passed on to the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king passeth on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
(DBY)

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