שָׁוַע shava

Hebrew word for “to cry” · Strong’s H7768 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

(Piel) to cry out (for help), shout

How it is translated

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

• cry for help 5
• cried for help 4
• will cry for help 2
• cries for help 1
• who cried for help 1
• cry out for help 1
• when cried for help he 1
• when cry for help i 1
• when cried for help i 1
• who cries for help 1
• cried for help ! 1
• may cry for help 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 30 (2), Psalms 18 (2), Job 19 (1), Job 24 (1), Job 29 (1), Job 35 (1), Job 36 (1), Job 38 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 28 (1)

Forms

• אשׁוע 4
• ישׁועו 4
• שׁועתי 4
• תשׁוע 2
• משׁוע 2
• בשׁועי 2
• ובשׁועו 1
• ואשׁועה 1
• ואשׁוע 1

Words used with it

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

• עָנָה anah “to answer” 5
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 6
• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 3
• זָעַק zaaq “to cry out” 3
• קוֹל qol “voice” 4
• תַּחֲנוּן tachanun “supplication” 2
• קָדַם qadam “to meet” 2
• חָמָס chamas “violence” 2
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 2
• עָזַר azar “to help” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 3
• קָרָא qara “to call” 3

Key verses

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

• Job 19:7 — Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
• Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
• Job 35:9 — By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
• Job 36:13 — But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
• Psalms 18:6 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
• Psalms 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
• Psalms 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
• Psalms 31:22 — For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
• Psalms 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
• Psalms 119:147 — I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
• Isaiah 58:9 — Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting…
• Jonah 2:2 — And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

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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.