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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 Box Job 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:7 - Lo, I cry out -- violence, and am not answered, I cry aloud, and there is no judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:20 - I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:28 - Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:9 - Because of the multitude of oppressions They cause to cry out, They cry because of the arm of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:13 - And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:6 - In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:41 - They cry, and there is no saviour, On Jehovah, and He doth not answer them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:2 - Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:2 - Jehovah my God, I have cried to Thee, And Thou dost heal me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:22 - And I -- I have said in my haste, 'I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:13 - And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:147

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:147 - I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, For Thy word I have hoped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 - Then thou callest, and Jehovah answereth, Thou criest, and He saith, 'Behold Me.' If thou turn aside from thy midst the yoke, The sending forth of the finger, And the speaking of vanity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:8 - Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:2 - Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee -- 'Violence,' and Thou dost not save.
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