Dictionary entry

Brokenhearted

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bro'-k'-n-har-ted (shabhar lebh; suntetrimmenoi ten kardian;Ps 69:20,21;Isa 61:1;Lu 4:18the King James Version; "of a broken heart,"Ps 34:18; "broken in heart,"Ps 147:3): People who feel their spiritual bankruptcy and helplessness, and who long for the help and salvation of God. Such people are in the right condition to be met and blessed by God. Compare "of contrite spirit" (Ps 31:18;Isa 66:2).