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Verb thrauō (to break, to shatter) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Luke
| 4: 18 | "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let those having been broken (thrauō) [by calamity] go free, |
Exodus (LXX)
| 15: 6 | Thy right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; thy right hand, O God, has broken (thrauō) the enemies. |
Numbers (LXX)
| 17: 11 | And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, it has begun to shatter (thrauō) the people. |
| 17: 14 | And they that died in the shattering (thrauō) were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core. |
| 24: 17 | I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall shatter (thrauō) the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth. |
Deuteronomy (LXX)
| 20: 3 | Hear, O Israel; ye are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be broken (thrauō), neither turn aside from their face. |
| 28: 33 | A nation which thou knowest not shall eat the produce of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured and shattered (thrauō) always. |
1 Samuel (LXX: 1 Kings)
| 20: 34 | And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second [day] of the month, for he was broken (thrauō) for David, because his father determined [on mischief] against him. |
2 Samuel (LXX: 2 Kings)
| 12: 15 | And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord shattered (thrauō) the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill. |
2 Chronicles (LXX)
| 6: 24 | And if thy people Israel should be shattered (thrauō) before the enemy, if they should sin against thee, and then turn and confess to thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; |
| 20: 37 | And Eliezer the son of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as thou hast allied thyself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken (thrauō) thy work, and thy vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis. |
Isaiah (LXX)
| 2: 10 | Now therefore enter ye into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to shatter (thrauō) the earth. |
| 2: 19 | having carried them into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to shatter (thrauō) the earth. |
| 2: 21 | to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to shatter (thrauō) the earth. |
| 42: 4 | He shall shine out, and shall not be broken (thrauō), until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust. |
| 58: 6 | I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the broken (thrauō) free, and cancel every unjust account. |
Jeremiah (LXX)
| 28: 30 | The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken (thrauō); they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken. |
Ezekiel (LXX)
| 21: 12 | And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Wherefore dost thou groan? that thou shalt say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break (thrauō), and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, saith the Lord. |
| 21: 20 | lest the heart should be broken (thrauō) and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate— they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering. |
Psalms (LXX)
| 106 (105): 23 | So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach (thrauō), to turn him away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them. |
Judith (LXX)
| 9: 10 | Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break (thrauō) down their stateliness by the hand of a woman. |
| 13: 14 | Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath shattered (thrauō) our enemies by mine hands this night. |
2 Maccabees (LXX)
| 9: 11 | Here therefore, being broken (thrauō), he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment. |
| 15: 16 | Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with the which thou shalt shatter (thrauō) the adversaries. |
3 Maccabees (LXX)
| 6: 5 | When Sennacherim, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless hosts, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against thy holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, thou, O Lord, didst shatter (thrauō) him and didst shew forth thy might to many nations. |
Psalms of Solomon (LXX)
| 17: 22 | And gird him with strength, that he may shatter (thrauō) unrighteous rulers, And that he may purge Jerusalem from nations that trample (her) down to destruction. |
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