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Lexicon :: Strong's H7768 - šāvaʿ

Aa
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.

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“Behold H2005, I cry H6817, ‘Violence H2555!’ but I get H6030 no H3808 answer H6030;

I shout H7768 for H7768 help H7768, but there H369 is H369 no H369 justice H4941.

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“From the city H5892 people H4962 groan H5008,

And the souls H5315 of the wounded H2491 cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768;

Yet God H433 does not pay H7760 attention H7760 to the offensiveness H8604.

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Because H3588 I saved H4422 the poor H6041 who cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

And the orphan H3490 who had no H3808 helper H5826.

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“I cry H7768 out H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768, but You do not answer H6030 me;

I stand H5975 up, and You turn H995 Your attention H995 against me.

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“I go H1980 about H1980 [fn]mourning H6937 without H3808 comfort;

I stand H6965 up H6965 in the assembly H6951 and cry H7768 out H7768 for H7768 help H7768.

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“Because H4480 of the multitude H7230 of oppressions H6217 they cry H2199 out H2199;

They cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768 because H4480 of the arm H2220 of the mighty H7227.

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“But the godless H2611 in heart H3820 nurture H7760 anger H639;

They do not call H7768 for H7768 help H7768 when H3588 He binds H631 them.

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“Who H4310 prepares H3559 [fn]feed H6718 for the raven H6158

When H3588 its young H3206 cry H7768 to God H410,

And wander H8582 about H8582 without H1097 food H400?

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In my distress H6862 I called H7121 upon the LORD H3068,

And cried H7768 to my God H430 for H7768 help H7768;

He heard H8085 my voice H6963 from His temple H1964,

And my cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 before H6440 Him came H935 into His ears H241.

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They cried H7768 for H7768 help H7768, but there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 to save H3467,

They cried to the LORD H3068, but He did not answer H6030 them.

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For He has not despised H959 nor H3808 scorned H8262 the suffering H6039 of the afflicted H6041;

Nor H3808 has He hidden H5641 His face H6440 from him;

But when he cried H7768 to Him for H7768 help H7768, He heard H8085.

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Hear H8085 the sound H6963 of my pleadings H8469 when I cry H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768,

When I raise H5375 my hands H3027 toward H413 [fn]Your holy H6944 sanctuary H1687.

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LORD H3068 my God H430,

I cried H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768, and You healed H7495 me.

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As for me, I said H559 in my alarm H2648,

“I am cut H1629 off H1629 from Your eyes H5869”;

Nevertheless H403 You heard H8085 the sound H6963 of my pleadings H8469

When I called H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768.

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For he will save H5337 the needy H34 when he cries H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

The [fn]afflicted H6041 also, and him who has H369 no H369 helper H5826.

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But I, LORD H3068, have cried H7768 out H7768 to You for H7768 help H7768,

And in the morning H1242 my prayer H8605 comes H6923 before H6923 You.

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I [fn]rise H6923 before H6923 dawn H5399 and cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768;

I [fn]wait H3176 for Your words H1697.

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“Then H227 you will call H7121, and the LORD H3068 will answer H6030;

You will cry H7768 for H7768 help H7768, and He will say H559, ‘Here H2009 I am.’

If H518 you remove H5493 the yoke H4133 from your midst H8432,

The [fn]pointing H7971 of the finger H676 and speaking H1696 wickedness H205,

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Even H1571 when H3588 I cry H2199 out H2199 and call H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

He shuts H5640 out H5640 my prayer H8605.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said H559,

“I called H7121 out H7121 of my distress H6869 to the LORD H3068,

And He answered H6030 me.

I called H7768 for H7768 help H7768 from the [fn]depth H990 of Sheol H7585;

You heard H8085 my voice H6963.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2

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How H575 long H5704, LORD H3068, have I called H7768 for H7768 help H7768,

And You do not hear H8085?

I cry H2199 out H2199 to You, “Violence H2555!”

Yet You do not save H3467.

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