שָׁוָה shavah

Hebrew word for “be like” · Strong’s H7737 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble;

Senses in the lexicon

• be like (14)
• to set (7)

How it is translated

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

• have placed 3
• equal 2
• compare 2
• appropriate 1
• adequate 1
• have made still 1
• should become like 1
• like 1
• has leveled 1
• may be equal? 1
• may make me equal? 1
• will i make equal 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 22 (1), Esther 3 (1), Esther 5 (1), Esther 7 (1), Job 33 (1), Psalms 16 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 21 (1), Psalms 89 (1), Psalms 119 (1)

Forms

• שׁוה 5
• שׁויתי 5
• ישׁוו 2
• תשׁוה 2
• משׁוה 2
• נשׁתוה 1
• ואשׁוה 1
• ותשׁוו 1
• אשׁוה 1
• ישׁוה 1

Words used with it

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

• דָּמָה damah “to resemble” 3
• פְּנִינִים panin “jewel” 2
• אַיָּלָה ayyalah “doe” 2
• חֵפֶץ chephets “pleasure” 2
• מִי mi “who?” 3
• בָּמָה bamah “high place” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
• בָּחַר bachar “to choose” 2
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 2
• הָ ha “her” 2
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 2
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 2

Key verses

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

• Esther 3:8 — And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their…
• Esther 7:4 — For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,…
• Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Psalms 16:8 — I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
• Psalms 21:5 — His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
• Psalms 89:19 — Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
• Psalms 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
• Proverbs 26:4 — Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
• Isaiah 40:25 — To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
• Isaiah 46:5 — To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
• Lamentations 2:13 — What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O…
• Hosea 10:1 — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness…

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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.