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Lexicon :: Strong's H7768 - šāvaʿ

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שָׁוַע
Transliteration
šāvaʿ
Pronunciation
shaw-vah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2348

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁוַע shâvaʻ, shaw-vah'; a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble):—cry (aloud, out), shout.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7768 in the following manner: cried (17x), cry out (2x), aloud (1x), shout (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7768 in the following manner: cried (17x), cry out (2x), aloud (1x), shout (1x).
  1. (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁוַע shâvaʻ, shaw-vah'; a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble):—cry (aloud, out), shout.
STRONGS H7768: Abbreviations
† [שָׁוַע] verb
Pi. cry out for help (Gerb33 thinks denominative from שֵׁוְעָה, and this from √ akin to ישׁע deliver); — Perfect 1st person singular שִׁוַּעְתִּי Psalm 30:3 + 3 times; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ Job 24:12; 2nd person masculine singular תְּשַׁוַּע Isaiah 58:9, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix שַׁוְּעִי Psalm 28:2; Psalm 31:23; שַׁוְעִי Psalm 5:3 [H7773Psalm 5:2] (Ol§ 182 d), etc.; Participle מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ Psalm 72:12; Job 29:12; — cry for help: absolute Psalm 72:12; Job 19:7; Job 24:12; Job 29:12; Job 30:28; Job 35:9, + Isaiah 38:13 Houb Lo Che Du and others (for שִׁוִּיתִי); specifically to God Psalm 5:3; Psalm 18:42; Psalm 119:147; Job 36:13; Isaiah 58:9; Jonah 2:3; Habakkuk 1:2; Lamentations 3:8; with אל Psalm 18:7; Psalm 22:25; Psalm 28:2 = Psalm 31:23; Psalm 30:3; Psalm 88:14 + Psalm 31:2 (read with Weir אֱלֹהַי שִׁוַּעְתִּי יוֺם צַעֲקָתִי), Job 30:20; Job 38:41.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

19:7; 24:12; 24:12; 29:12; 29:12; 30:20; 30:28; 35:9; 36:13; 38:41

Psalms

5:2; 5:3; 18:7; 18:42; 22:25; 28:2; 28:2; 30:3; 30:3; 31:2; 31:23; 31:23; 72:12; 72:12; 88:14; 119:147

Isaiah

38:13; 58:9; 58:9

Lamentations

3:8

Jonah

2:3

Habakkuk

1:2

H7768

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7768 matches the Hebrew שָׁוַע (šāvaʿ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 -

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;

I shout H7768 for H7768 help H7768, but there is no justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 -

“From the city men groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry H7768 out H7768;

Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

And the orphan who had no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 -

“I cry H7768 out H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768, but You do not answer me;

I stand up, and You carefully consider how to be against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 -

“I go about darkened but not by the sun;

I stand up in the assembly and cry H7768 out H7768 for H7768 help H7768.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 -

“Because of many oppressions they cry out;

They cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768 because of the arm of many oppressors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 -

“But the godless in heart lay up anger;

They do not cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768 when He binds them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 -

“Who prepares for the raven its provision

When its young cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768 to God

And wander about without food?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 -

In my distress I called upon Yahweh,

And cried H7768 to my God for H7768 help H7768;

He heard my voice out of His temple,

And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 -

They cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768, but there was none to save,

Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 -

For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And He has not hidden His face from him;

But when he cried H7768 to Him for H7768 help H7768, He heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 -

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768,

When I lift up my hands toward [fn]Your holy sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 -

O Yahweh my God,

I cried H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768, and You healed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 -

As for me, I said in my alarm,

“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;

Nevertheless, You heard the voice of my supplications

When I cried H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 -

For he will deliver the needy when he cries H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

The [fn]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 -

But as for me, O Yahweh, I have cried H7768 out H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768,

And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 -

I [fn]eagerly greet the dawn and cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768;

I [fn]wait for Your words.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 -

“Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer;

You will cry H7768, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you remove the [fn]yoke from your midst,

The [fn]pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 -

Even when I cry out and call H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

He shuts out my prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said,

“I called out of my distress to Yahweh,

And He answered me.

I cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768 from the belly of Sheol;

You heard my voice.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 -

How long, O [fn]Yahweh, will I call H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

And You will not hear?

I cry out to You, “Violence!”

Yet You do not save.

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