Bible Dictionary: Bruise

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

2. (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.

3. (v. i.) To fight with the fists; to box.

4. (n.) An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BRUISE; BRUISED

brooz, broozd: The noun occurs in Isaiah 1:6 the King James Version, "bruises and putrifying sores," as the translation of chabbarah. The verb translations a number of Hebrew words, the principal ones being:

(1) shuph (Genesis 3:15 (twice));

(2) daqaq (Isaiah 28:28 (twice) (the American Standard Revised Version "ground," "and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it" for the King James Version "nor break it with the wheels of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen"));

(3) dakha', in the classical passage, Isaiah 53:5, "He was bruised for our iniquities," Isaiah 53:10, "Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him";

(4) ratsats, "A bruised reed shall he not break," Isaiah 42:3 (quoted in Matthew 12:20).

In the New Testament bruise is the translation of sparasso, "to rend" (the American Standard Revised Version "bruising him sorely") Luke 9:39; of suntribo, "to break to pieces" (Matthew 12:20); "shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly" (Romans 16:20); of thrauo in Luke 4:18 in the quotation from Isaiah 58:6, "to set at liberty them that are bruised" (WH omits the verse).

Arthur J. Kinsella

Greek

3468. molops -- a bruise
... a bruise. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: molops Phonetic Spelling:
(mo'-lopes) Short Definition: a bruise, stripe Definition: a bruise, stripe ...
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4937. suntribo -- to break in pieces, crush
... suntribo Phonetic Spelling: (soon-tree'-bo) Short Definition: I break by crushing
Definition: I break by crushing, break in pieces, shatter, crush, bruise. ...
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5299. hupopiazo -- to strike under the eye
... to strike under the eye. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupopiazo Phonetic
Spelling: (hoop-o-pee-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I bruise, worry, exhaust ...
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2352. thrauo -- to break in pieces
... verb Definition to break in pieces NASB Word Usage oppressed (1). crush, bruise,
oppress. A primary verb; to crush -- bruise. Compare rhegnumi. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7779. shuph -- to bruise
... 7778, 7779. shuph. 7780 . to bruise. Transliteration: shuph Phonetic Spelling:
(shoof) Short Definition: bruise. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6482. petsa -- a bruise, wound
... 6481, 6482. petsa. 6483 . a bruise, wound. Transliteration: petsa Phonetic
Spelling: (peh'-tsah) Short Definition: wound. Word Origin ...
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6481. patsa -- to bruise, wound by bruising
... patsa. 6482 . to bruise, wound by bruising. Transliteration: patsa Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-tsah') Short Definition: emasculated. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2250. chabburah -- a stripe, blow
... a stripe, blow. Transliteration: chabburah or chabburah or chaburah Phonetic
Spelling: (khab-boo-raw') Short Definition: bruise. Word ...
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1792. daka -- to crush
... crushing (1), oppressed (1). beat to pieces, break in pieces, bruise, contrite,
crush, destroy, humble, oppress,. A primitive root ...
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1854. daqaq -- to crush, pulverize, thresh
... thresh (1), very fine (1). beat in pieces small, bruise, make dust, into powder,
be, very small, stamp small. A primitive root (compare ...
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7490. rea -- to crush, shatter
... 1). break, bruise. (Aramaic) corresponding to ra'a' -- break, bruise. see HEBREW
ra'a'. 7489b, 7490. rea. 7491 . Strong's Numbers.
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7667. sheber -- a breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash
... 1), ruin (3), smashing (1). affliction, breach, breaking, broken-footed,
bruise, crashing, destruction. Or sheber {shay'-ber}; from ...
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4273. machats -- a severe wound
... 4272, 4273. machats. 4274 . a severe wound. Transliteration: machats Phonetic
Spelling: (makh'-ats) Short Definition: bruise. Word ...
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7533. ratsats -- to crush
... break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together. A primitive
root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively -- break ...
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Library

It Pleased the Lord to Bruise Him
... TALK THIRTEEN. IT PLEASED THE LORD TO BRUISE HIM. It is a mystery in the
minds of many why Christian people often have to suffer. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk thirteen it pleased the.htm

The Redeemer's Return is Necessitated by the Declarations of Old ...
... "And I will put enmity between thee (the "serpent") and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/i the redeemers return is.htm

Radical Exposition.
... and between thy seed and her seed. It shall bruise thy head and thou shalt
bruise his heel.". Our critics have two objections to ...
/.../concerning the assumptions of destructive criticism/ix radical exposition.htm

A Crushed Snake
... ROMANS A CRUSHED SNAKE. 'The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet
shortly.'"Romans 16:20. There are three other Scriptural ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/a crushed snake.htm

Rom. xvi. 17, 18
... For after telling them to "mark them which cause [1697] divisions," and not to listen
to them, he proceeds, "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxii rom xvi 17.htm

The Apostles Referred to the Redeemer's Return in the Language of ...
... "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly"(Rom.16:20).
The reference here is to Gen.3:15 where we have recorded ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/2 the apostles referred to.htm

How the Devil Always Lies in Wait for Our End, and How we Ought ...
... For thus you will learn to "bruise" his dangerous beginnings, if you are not
ashamed to disclose any of them to your superior. Footnotes: ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxvii how the devil.htm

January 14 Evening
... [The woman's seed] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."GEN.3:
15. ... The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. Isa.52:14. ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/january 14 evening.htm

The Death of Christ
... Delivered on Sabbath Morning, January 24, 1858, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. at the
Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the death of christ.htm

Thessalonica
... The sentence pronounced on Satan, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 22 thessalonica.htm

Thesaurus

Bruise (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as,
to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a ...
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Bruised (36 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Bruise. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. BRUISE; BRUISED. brooz, broozd: The noun occurs ...
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Heel (8 Occurrences)
... Figurative: (1) Of the partial victory of the evil power over humanity, "Thou shalt
bruise (m "lie in wait for") his heel" (Genesis 3:15), through constant ...
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Wound (58 Occurrences)
... image. (BBE). Exodus 21:25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise
for bruise. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Enmity (23 Occurrences)
... and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 23:22 ...
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Breach (55 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. 6. (n.) A bruise; a wound.
7. (n.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault. ...
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Buffet (4 Occurrences)
... buffet me" (2 Corinthians 12:7). Used figuratively of self-control: "I buffet (the
King James Version keep under, the Revised Version, margin "bruise") my body ...
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Batter (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so
as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart. ...
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Hers (15 Occurrences)
... Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel ...
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Offspring (186 Occurrences)
... her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
(WEB NIV). Genesis 4:25 Adam knew his wife again. She gave ...
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Bible Concordance

Bruise (19 Occurrences)

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 21:25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Job 4:19 Also -- the inhabitants of houses of clay, (Whose foundation 'is' in the dust, They bruise them before a moth.)
(YLT)

Job 6:9 That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
(YLT)

Job 19:2 Till when do ye afflict my soul, And bruise me with words?
(YLT)

Psalms 94:5 Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict.
(YLT)

Proverbs 22:22 Rob not the poor because he 'is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
(YLT)

Isaiah 1:6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 3:15 What -- to you? ye bruise My people, And the faces of the poor ye grind.' An affirmation of the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, And Jehovah saith:
(YLT)

Isaiah 28:28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
(Root in KJV WBS)

Isaiah 30:26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Jeremiah 30:12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 30:15 Why criest thou because of thy bruise? thy sorrow is incurable; for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins are manifold, I have done these things unto thee.
(DBY)

Lamentations 3:34 To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
(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 DBY WBS)

Nahum 3:19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Bruise

Related Terms

Bruised (36 Occurrences)

Heel (8 Occurrences)

Wound (58 Occurrences)

Enmity (23 Occurrences)

Breach (55 Occurrences)

Buffet (4 Occurrences)

Batter (1 Occurrence)

Hers (15 Occurrences)

Offspring (186 Occurrences)