שַׁוְעָה shavah

Hebrew word for “cry” · Strong’s H7775 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

cry for help

How it is translated

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

• cry for help 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 2 (1), 1 Samuel 5 (1), 2 Samuel 22 (1), Psalms 18 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 39 (1), Psalms 40 (1), Psalms 102 (1), Psalms 145 (1), Jeremiah 8 (1)

Forms

• ושׁועתי 4
• שׁועתם 3
• שׁועת 2
• שׁועתי 1
• לשׁועתי 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 7
• אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 4
• קוֹל qol “voice” 4
• תְּפִלָּה tephillah “prayer” 2
• הֵיכָל hekhal “temple” 2
• צַר tsar “enemy” 2
• אַל al “not” 2
• קָרָא qara “to call” 2
• מוּת mut “to die” 2
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 2
• נִי ni “me” 2

Key verses

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

• Exodus 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry…
• 1 Samuel 5:12 — And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
• 2 Samuel 22:7 — In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
• 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 34:15 — The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
• Psalms 39:12 — Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Psalms 40:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Psalms 102:1 — [A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
• Psalms 145:19 — He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
• Jeremiah 8:19 — Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have…
• Lamentations 3:56 — Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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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.