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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, H2005 I cry, H6817 ‘Violence!’ H2555 but I get H6030 no H3808 answer; H6030
I shout H7768 for help, H7768 but there H369 is no H369 justice. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - “From the city H5892 men H4962 groan, H5008
And the souls H5315 of the wounded H2491 cry H7768 out;
Yet God H433 does not pay H7760 attention H7760 to folly. H8604

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - Because H3588 I delivered H4422 the poor H6041 who cried H7768 for help, H7768
And the orphan H3490 who had no H3808 helper. H5826

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - “I cry H7768 out to You for 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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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - “I go H1980 about [fn]mourning H6937 without H3808 comfort;
I stand H6965 up in the assembly H6951 and cry H7768 out for help. H7768

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - “Because H4480 of the multitude H7230 of oppressions H6217 they cry H2199 out;
They cry H7768 for help H7768 because H4480 of the arm H2220 of the mighty. H7227

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - “But the godless H2611 in heart H3820 lay H7760 up anger; H639
They do not cry H7768 for help H7768 when H3588 He binds H631 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - “Who H4310 prepares H3559 for the raven H6158 its nourishment H6718
When H3588 its young H3206 cry H7768 to God H410
And wander H8582 about without H1097 food? H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In my distress H6862 I called H7121 upon the LORD, H3068
And cried H7768 to my God H430 for help; H7768
He heard H8085 my voice H6963 out of His temple, H1964
And my cry H7775 for help H7775 before H6440 Him came H935 into His ears. H241

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 - They cried H7768 for help, H7768 but there H369 was none H369 to save, H3467
Even to the LORD, H3068 but He did not answer H6030 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For He has not despised H959 nor H3808 abhorred H8262 the affliction H6039 of the afflicted; H6041
Nor H3808 has He hidden H5641 His face H6440 from him;
But when he cried H7768 to Him for help, H7768 He heard. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 - Hear H8085 the voice H6963 of my supplications H8469 when I cry H7768 to You for help, H7768
When I lift H5375 up my hands H3027 toward H413 [fn]Your holy H6944 sanctuary. H1687

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 - O LORD H3068 my God, H430
I cried H7768 to You for help, H7768 and You healed H7495 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - As for me, I said H559 in my alarm, H2648
“I am cut H1629 off H1629 from before H6440 Your eyes”; H5869
Nevertheless H403 You heard H8085 the voice H6963 of my supplications H8469
When I cried H7768 to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he will deliver H5337 the needy H34 when he cries H7768 for help, H7768
The [fn]afflicted H6041 also, and him who has H369 no H369 helper. H5826

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 - But I, O LORD, H3068 have cried H7768 out to You for help, H7768
And in the morning H1242 my prayer H8605 comes H6923 before H6923 You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I [fn]rise H6923 before dawn H5399 and cry H7768 for help; H7768
I [fn]wait H3176 for Your words. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 - “Then H227 you will call, H7121 and the LORD H3068 will answer; H6030
You will cry, 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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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Even H1571 when H3588 I cry H2199 out and call H7768 for help, H7768
He shuts H5640 out my prayer. H8605

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said, H559
“I called H7121 out of my distress H6869 to the LORD, H3068
And He answered H6030 me.
I cried H7768 for 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

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 - How H575 long, H5704 O LORD, H3068 will I call H7768 for help, H7768
And You will not hear? H8085
I cry H2199 out to You, “Violence!” H2555
Yet You do not save. H3467
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