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Lexicon :: Strong's H7737 - šāvâ

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שָׁוָה
Transliteration
šāvâ
Pronunciation
shaw-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2342,2343

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁוָה shâvâh, shaw-vaw'; a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.):—avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7737 in the following manner: laid (3x), equal (3x), like (2x), compared (2x), profit (2x), set (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7737 in the following manner: laid (3x), equal (3x), like (2x), compared (2x), profit (2x), set (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be like

      2. equivalent (participle)

      3. to set, place

      4. setting (participle)

    2. (Piel) to level, smooth, still

    3. (Hiphil) to make like

    4. (Nithpael) to be alike

  2. (Piel) to set, place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁוָה shâvâh, shaw-vaw'; a primitive root; properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.):—avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
STRONGS H7737: Abbreviations
† I. שָׁוָה verb (be even, smooth, see Pi., hence) agree with, be like, resemble (Arabic bdb100001 II. make even, flat, uniform (with something else); Aramaic שְׁוָא (derived species) be like, bdb100002 be equal, fit, like, Pa. lay out smoothly, Aph. make plain, fit, worthy); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לִי לֹא שׁ׳ Job 33:27 (si vera lectio) it was not equalled to me, i.e. (see infra; according to most) not requited (so De Di Da, and Isaiah 16:6 Targum); Bu אֵל לֹא שִׁוָּה God did not requite (or שִׁלֵּם for שׁוה); Du לֹא שִׁוָּה כַעֲוֺנִי (compare Greek Version of the LXX); Imperfect 1st person singular of י׳, אֶלמִֿי ֗֗֗ אֶשְׁוֶה Isaiah 40:25 to whom shall I be like? (|| תְּדַמְּיוּנִי), implying that he is incomparable; 3rd person masculine plural לֹא יִשְׁווּבָֿהּ Proverbs 3:15 are not comparable with her (wisdom), so Proverbs 8:11; 2nd person masculine singular פֶּן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לוֹ Proverbs 26:4 lest thou be like him (a fool); Participle שֹׁוֶה בְּ Esther 7:4 is not an equivalent for; with לִ, suitable for Esther 3:8, so Esther 1:22 Hi Or RyKau (reading כֹּל שֹׁוֶה עִמּוֺ for כִּלְשׁוֺן עַמּוֺ, but see Siegf.); adequate for Esther 5:13.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁוָּה Isaiah 28:25 he hath levelled its (the ground's) surface; 1st person singular שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֺמַמְתִּי נַפְשִׁי Psalm 131:2 I have smoothed (composed) and stilled my soul; so, that is נַפְשִׁי Isaiah 38:13 Vulgate Ges De and others; Houb Lo Che Du and others read שִׁוַּעְתִּי I cried; accusative מִשְׁפָּטִים Psalm 119:30 accounted suitable, meet (|| דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָח בָּחָ֑רְתִּי), Hi, compare Gr Psalm 119:128 (see Qal Esther 3:8); We inserts לְנֶגְדִּי (II. שׁ׳, compare Psalm 16:8); Zenner Du אִזִּיתִי.
†Hiph. make like: Imperfect 1st person singular מָח אַשְׁוֶחלָֿךְ Lamentations 2:13 (|| אֲדַמֶּה); 2nd person masculine plural לְמִי תְדַמְּיוּנִי וְתַשְׁווּ Isaiah 46:5 (compare Qal Isaiah 40:25).
Nithp. (apparently) Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה (for נִשְׁתְּוָה) Proverbs 27:15 are alike, but read probably Niph. 3rd person femininesingular נִשְׁוָ֑תָה Ges§ 75 x Toy and others — תשׁוה Job 30:22 Kt see II. שׁוא.

II. [שָׁוָה] verb
Pi. set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. Targum שְׁוָא Pa. set, make (often Targum = שׁום, שׁית); Thes and others below I. שׁ׳, originally set, place, then set together, compare, < weakened from original make even, right, compare Vulgar Arabic bdb100101 II. make (Wahrm, compare also BaES 66)); — Perfect 1st person singular שִׁוִּיתִי Psalm 16:8 I have set י׳ before me (לְנֶגְּדִּי); עֵזֶר עַל שׁ׳ Psalm 89:20 I have placed strength upon a hero, compare Psalm 21:6; Participle מְשַׁוֶּח רַנְלַי כְּ 2 Samuel 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = Psalm 18:34 (compare Targum שַׁוִּי כְּ Genesis 48:20; Jeremiah 29:22, for שׂים כְּ); — Isaiah 38:13 see I. שׁוה; — Imperfect = make, produce, 3rd person masculine singular לוֹ יְשַׁוֶּה פְּרִי Hosea 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera lectio, see We Now (|| פְּרִי עשׂה Hosea 9:16, compare Hosea 8:7).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7739.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

48:20

2 Samuel

22:34

Esther

1:22; 3:8; 3:8; 5:13; 7:4

Job

30:22; 33:27

Psalms

16:8; 16:8; 18:34; 21:6; 89:20; 119:30; 119:128; 131:2

Proverbs

3:15; 8:11; 26:4; 27:15

Isaiah

16:6; 28:25; 38:13; 38:13; 40:25; 40:25; 46:5

Jeremiah

29:22

Lamentations

2:13

Hosea

8:7; 9:16; 10:1

H7737

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Strong's Number H7737 matches the Hebrew שָׁוָה (šāvâ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:34 - He maketh H7737 my feet H7272 like hinds' H355 feet: and H5921➔ setteth me H5975 upon ➔H5921 my high places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And H559➔ Haman H2001 said ➔H559 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 There is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered abroad H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the people H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of thy kingdom; H4438 and their laws H1881 are diverse H8138 from all H3605 people; H5971 neither H369➔ keep H6213 they ➔H369 the king's H4428 laws: H1881 therefore H4428➔ it H369➔ is not ➔H369 for the king's ➔H4428 profit H7737 to suffer them. H3240

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - Yet all H3605 this H2088 availeth H7737 me H589 nothing, H369 so long H6256 as H834 I H589 see H7200 Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 sitting H3427 at H8179➔ the king's H4428 gate. ➔H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For H3588 we are sold, H4376 I H589 and my people, H5971 to be destroyed, H8045 to be slain, H2026 and to perish. H6 But if H432 we had been sold H4376 for bondmen H5650 and bondwomen, H8198 I had held my tongue, H2790 although H3588 the enemy H6862 could H7737➔ not H369 countervail ➔ H7737 the king's H4428 damage. H5143

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He looketh H7789 upon H5921 men, H376 and if any say, H559 I have sinned, H2398 and H3477➔ perverted H5753 that which was right, ➔H3477 and H3808➔ it profited H7737 me H589 not; ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:8 - I have set H7737 the LORD H3068 always H8548 before me: H5048 because H3588 he is at my right hand, H3225 I shall H4131➔ not H1077 be moved. ➔H4131

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - He maketh H7737 my feet H7272 like hinds' H355 feet, and H5921➔ setteth me H5975 upon ➔H5921 my high places. H1116

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:5 - His glory H3519 is great H1419 in thy salvation: H3444 honour H1935 and majesty H1926 hast thou laid H7737 upon him. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - Then H227 thou spakest H1696 in vision H2377 to thy holy one, H2623 and saidst, H559 I have laid H7737 help H5828 upon H5921 one that is mighty; H1368 I have exalted H7311 one chosen H970 out of the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - I have chosen H977 the way H1870 of truth: H530 thy judgments H4941 have I laid H7737 before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - Surely H518 H3808 I have behaved H7737 and quieted H1826 myself, H5315 as a child that is weaned H1580 of H5921 his mother: H517 my soul H5921 H5315 is even as a weaned child. H1580

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - She H1931 is more precious H3368 than rubies: H6443 and all the things H3605 thou canst desire H2656 are H7737➔ not H3808 to be compared ➔ H7737 unto her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For H3588 wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than rubies; H6443 and all the things H3605 that may be desired H2656 are H7737➔ not H3808 to be compared ➔ H7737 to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Answer H6030 not H408 a fool H3684 according to his folly, H200 lest H6435 thou H859 also H1571 be like H7737 unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A H1812➔ continual H2956 dropping ➔H1812 in a H3117➔ very rainy H5464 day ➔H3117 and a H802➔ contentious H4079 woman ➔H802 are alike. H7737

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - When H518 he hath made plain H7737 the face thereof, H6440 doth he H6327➔ not H3808 cast abroad ➔H6327 the fitches, H7100 and H3646➔ scatter H2236 the cummin, ➔H3646 and cast H7760 in H7795➔ the H2406➔ principal ➔H7795 wheat ➔H2406 and the H8184➔ appointed H5567 barley ➔H8184 and the rie H3698 in their place? H1367

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I reckoned H7737 till H5704 morning, H1242 that, as a lion, H738 so H3651 will he break H7665 all H3605 my bones: H6106 from day H3117 even to H5704 night H3915 wilt thou make an end of me. H7999

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - To H413➔ whom H4310 then ➔H413 will ye liken me, H1819 or shall I be equal? H7737 saith H559 the Holy One. H6918

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - To whom H4310 will ye liken me, H1819 and make H7737➔ me equal, ➔ H7737 and compare me, H4911 that we may be like? H1819

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What thing H4100 shall I take to witness for thee? H5749 what thing H4100 shall I liken H1819 to thee, O daughter H1323 of Jerusalem? H3389 what H4100 shall I equal H7737 to thee, that I may comfort thee, H5162 O virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion? H6726 for H3588 thy breach H7667 is great H1419 like the sea: H3220 who H4310 can heal H7495 thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - Israel H3478 is an H1612➔ empty H1238 vine, ➔H1612 he bringeth forth H7737 fruit H6529 unto himself: according to the multitude H7230 of his fruit H6529 he hath increased H7235 the altars; H4196 according to the goodness H2896 of his land H776 they have made goodly H3190 images. H4676
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