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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath against themselves; they will not cry, because he has bound them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - (LXX 17:7) And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, even into his ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 - (LXX 17:42) They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - (LXX 21:25) For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 - (LXX 27:2) Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 - (LXX 29:3) O Lord my God, I cried to thee, and thou didst heal me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - (LXX 30:23) But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of thine eyes: therefore thou didst hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - (LXX 71:12) For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 - (LXX 87:14) But I cried to thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - (LXX 118:147) I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 - Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Gimel. Yea, though I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - (LXX 2:3) and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 - How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? how long shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?
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