Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. 2. (n.) Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.

Multi-Version Concordance Brokenness (4 Occurrences) Isaiah 65:14 My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit. (See NIV) Jeremiah 6:14 And they have made little of the wounds of my people, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. (See NAS) Jeremiah 8:11 And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. (See NAS) Jeremiah 8:21 For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me. (See NAS)