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Lexicon :: Strong's H7737 - šāvâ

Aa
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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“He makes H7737 [fn]my feet H7272 like deer’s H355 feet,

And sets H5975 me on my high H1116 places H1116.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman H2001 said H559 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, “There H3426 is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the peoples H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of your kingdom H4438; their laws H1881 are different H8132 from those of all H3605 other people H5971 and they do not [fn]comply H6213 with H6213 the king’s H4428 laws H1881, so it is not in the king’s H4428 interest H7737 to let H5117 them remain H5117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - “Yet all H3605 of this H2088 [fn]does not satisfy H7737 me every H3605 time H6256 I see H7200 Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 sitting H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate H8179.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we have been sold H4376, I and my people H5971, to be destroyed H8045, killed H2026, and eliminated H6. Now if H432 we had only been sold H4376 as slaves H8198 H5650, men H5650 and women H8198, I would have kept H2790 silent H2790, because H3588 the distress H6862 would not be sufficient H7737 reason to burden H5143 the king H4428.”

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“He will sing H7891 to people H376 and say H559,

‘I have sinned H2398 and perverted H5753 what H3477 is H3477 right H3477,

And it is H7737 not proper H7737 for me.

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I have set H7737 the LORD H3068 continually H8548 before H5048 me;

Because H3588 He is at my right H3225 hand H3225, I will not be shaken H4131.

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He makes H7737 my feet H7272 like deer’s H355 feet,

And sets H5975 me up on my high H1116 places H1116.

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His glory H3519 is great H1419 through Your [fn]salvation H3444,

Splendor H1935 and majesty H1926 You place H7737 upon him.

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[fn]Once H227 You spoke H1696 in vision H2377 to Your godly H2623 [fn]ones H2623,

And said H559, “I have [fn]given H7737 help H5828 to one who is mighty H1368;

I have exalted H7311 one chosen H977 from the people H5971.

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I have chosen H977 the faithful H530 way H1870;

I have [fn]placed H7737 Your judgments H4941 before me.

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I have certainly H518 H3808 soothed H7737 and quieted H1826 my soul H5315;

Like a weaned H1580 child resting [fn]against H5921 his mother H517,

My soul H5315 [fn]within H5921 me is like a weaned H1580 child.

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She is more H4480 precious H3368 than H4480 [fn]jewels H6443,

And nothing H3605 H3808 you desire H2656 compares H7737 with her.

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“For wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 [fn]jewels H6443;

And all H3605 desirable H2656 things H2656 cannot H3808 compare H7737 with her.

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Do not answer H6030 a fool H3684 [fn]according to his foolishness H200,

Or H6435 you will also H1571 be H7737 like H7737 him.

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A constant H2956 dripping H1812 on a day H3117 of steady H5464 rain H5464

And a contentious H4066 woman H802 are H7737 alike H7737;

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Does he not level H7737 its surface H6440

And sow H6327 dill H7100 and scatter H2236 cumin H3646

And [fn]plant H7760 wheat H2406 in rows H7795,

Barley H8184 in its place H5567 and rye H3698 within its [fn]area H1367?

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“I composed H7737 my soul until H5704 morning H1242.

Like a lion H738—so H3651 He breaks H7665 all H3605 my bones H6106,

From day H3117 until H5704 night H3915 You make H7999 an end H7999 of me.

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“To whom H4310 then will you compare H1819 Me

That I would be H7737 his equal H7737?” says H559 the Holy H6918 One H6918.

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“To whom H4310 would you liken H1819 Me

And make H7737 Me equal H7737, and compare H4911 Me,

That we would be H1819 alike H1819?

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How H4100 shall I admonish H5749 you?

What H4100 shall I compare H1819 to you,

Daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389?

What H4100 shall I liken H7737 to you as I comfort H5162 you,

Virgin H1330 daughter H1323 of Zion H6726?

For your collapse H7667 is as vast H1419 as the sea H3220;

Who H4310 can heal H7495 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1

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Israel H3478 is a luxuriant H1238 vine H1612;

He produces H7737 fruit H6529 for himself.

The more H7230 his fruit H6529,

The more H7235 altars H4196 he made H7235;

The [fn]richer H2896 his land H776,

The better H3190 [fn]he made H3190 the memorial H4676 stones H4676.

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