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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 -

I cry out, “Violence! ” but get no response;

I call for help, but there is no justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 -

From the city, men[fn] groan;

the mortally wounded cry for help,

yet God pays no attention to this crime.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 -

I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;

when I stand up, you merely look at me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 -

I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.[fn]

I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 -

People cry out because of severe oppression;

they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 -

Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;

even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 -

Who provides the raven’s food

when its young cry out to God

and wander about for lack of food?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 -

I called to the LORD in my distress,

and I cried to my God for help.

From his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry to him reached his ears.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 -

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them —

they cry to the LORD, but he does not answer them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 -

For he has not despised or abhorred

the torment of the oppressed.

He did not hide his face from him

but listened when he cried to him for help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 -

Listen to the sound of my pleading

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy sanctuary.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 -

LORD my God,

I cried to you for help, and you healed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 -

In my alarm I said,

“I am cut off from your sight.”

But you heard the sound of my pleading

when I cried to you for help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 -

For he will rescue the poor who cry out

and the afflicted who have no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 -

But I call to you for help, LORD;

in the morning my prayer meets you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 -

I rise before dawn and cry out for help;

I put my hope in your word.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 -

“At that time, when you call, the LORD will answer;

when you cry out, he will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you get rid of the yoke among you,

the finger-pointing and malicious speaking,

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 -

Even when I cry out and plead for help,

he blocks out my prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 -

I called to the LORD in my distress,

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside[fn] Sheol;

you heard my voice.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 -

How long, LORD, must I call for help

and you do not listen

or cry out to you about violence

and you do not save?

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