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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 9 times in 9 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:6

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:41

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

Even to Yahweh, but He did not answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:24

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:2

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 -

O Yahweh my God,

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:22

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:12

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:13

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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 -

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

I [fn]wait for Your words.

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