שָׁאַב shaav

Hebrew word for “to draw” · Strong’s H7579 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to draw (water); 1a) (Qal); 1a1) to draw (water); 1a2) water-drawing women (participle)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaav in context, with how often each is used:

• draw 3
• drawers 3
• drew 3
• will draw water 2
• draw water 2
• drew water 2
• women who draw water 1
• drawer 1
• will draw ! 1
• will draw 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 24 (7), Joshua 9 (3), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Ruth 2 (1), 1 Samuel 7 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 11 (1), Isaiah 12 (1), Nahum 3 (1)

Forms

• לשׁאב 4
• ושׁאבי 3
• וישׁאבו 3
• אשׁאב 2
• ותשׁאב 2
• השׁאבת 1
• שׁאב 1
• ישׁאבון 1
• ושׁאבתם 1
• שׁאבי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַי mayim “water” 13
• חָטַב chatav “to chop” 4
• גָּמָל gamal “camel” 4
• שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 5
• כַּד kad “jar” 3
• שָׁקָה shaqah “to water” 3
• עֵץ ets “tree” 4
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 5
• מַחֲנֶה machaneh “camp” 3
• נָסַךְ nasakh “to pour” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 4
• בְּאֵר beer “well” 2

Key verses

The verses using shaav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 24:11 — And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
• Genesis 24:13 — Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
• Genesis 24:44 — And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.
• Genesis 24:45 — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew and I said…
• Deuteronomy 29:11 — Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
• Joshua 9:23 — Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
• Joshua 9:27 — And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which…
• Ruth 2:9 — Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art…
• 1 Samuel 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the…
• 2 Samuel 23:16 — And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and…
• Isaiah 12:3 — Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• Nahum 3:14 — Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.