Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7768: שָׁוַע

shâvaʻ · pronounced shaw-vah' · “to cry”

Definition

properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)

KJV translates it as: cry (aloud, out), shout.

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

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

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7768 is translated

  • i cry for help ×3
  • i cried for help ×3
  • they cry for help ×2
  • i ×2
  • it cries for help ×1
  • who cried for help ×1
  • i cry out for help ×1
  • they will cry for help ×1
  • they cried for help ×1
  • he ×1
  • who cries for help ×1
  • ! ×1

Bible verses with H7768 (shâvaʻ)

Shâvaʻ appears in 21 verses.

  • Job 19:7

    Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

  • Job 24:12

    Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

  • Job 29:12

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

  • Job 30:20

    I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • Job 30:28

    I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

  • 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.

  • Job 38:41

    Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

  • 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 18:41

    They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

  • 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 30:2

    O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

  • 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 88:13

    But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

  • 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 forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • 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.

  • Habakkuk 1:2

    O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

Words derived from H7768