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שַׁוְעָה

shava · cry for help

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7775 · appears 11 times in the Bible

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What it means

shava (שַׁוְעָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cry for help”.

How to say it

sha·va

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A shout for aid.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • cry for help ×7
  • cry ×4

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 2:23

    During those many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage and cried out, and their cry for help went up to Elohim because of the bondage.

  • 1 Samuel 5:12

    And the men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to the heavens.

  • 2 Samuel 22:7

    In my distress I called on YHWH, and to my Elohim I called; he heard from his temple my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

  • Psalms 18:6

    In my distress I called on YHWH, and to my Elohim I cried for help; he heard from his temple my voice, and my cry before him came into his ears.

  • Psalms 34:15

    The eyes of YHWH are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

  • Psalms 39:12

    Hear my prayer, YHWH, and to my cry for help give ear; to my tears do not be deaf, for a resident alien I am with you, a temporary resident like all my fathers.

  • Psalms 40:1

    For the director. Of David. A psalm. I waited and waited for YHWH, and he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

  • Psalms 102:1

    A prayer of the afflicted one, when he grows faint and before YHWH pours out his complaint. YHWH, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.

  • Psalms 145:19

    The will of those who fear him he will do, and their cry for help he will hear, and he will save them.

  • Jeremiah 8:19

    Listen! The voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is YHWH not in Zion? Is her King not in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images, with foreign vapors?”

  • Lamentations 3:56

    My voice you heard; do not hide your ear to my relief, to my cry for help.