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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 Box 2Sa 22:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:34 - Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, 'There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He looketh on men, and saith, 'I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:8 - I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because -- at my right hand I am not moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:33 - Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:5 - Great is his honour in Thy salvation, Honour and majesty Thou placest on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:30 - The way of faithfulness I have chosen, Thy judgments I have compared,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:2 - Have I not compared, and kept silent my soul, As a weaned one by its mother? As a weaned one by me is my soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - Precious she is above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For better is wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A continual dropping in a day of rain, And a woman of contentions are alike,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:25 - Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie in its own border?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I have set Him till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:25 - And unto whom do ye liken Me, And am I equal? saith the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:5 - To whom do ye liken Me, and make equal? And compare Me, that we may be like?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:13 - What do I testify to thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea is thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - 'An empty vine is Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.
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