Quick Definition
to cry
Strong's Definition
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cry (aloud, out), shout.
TWOT Reference: 2348
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁוַע (sha.va) — to cry. (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֹׁועַ · שׁוּעַ · שֶׁוַע · שַׁוְעָה
Shout | verb pi | ≈ זעק · צעק · קרא
to cry out, to cry for help = action by which humans and animals raise their voice ◄ in times of hardship ► hoping to receive help from God or someone else
JOB 19:7 · JOB 24:12 · JOB 29:12 · JOB 30:20 · JOB 30:28 · JOB 35:9 · JOB 36:13 · JOB 38:41 · PSA 18:7 · PSA 18:42 · PSA 22:25 · PSA 28:2 · PSA 30:3 · PSA 31:23 · PSA 72:12 · PSA 88:14 · PSA 119:147 · ISA 58:9 · LAM 3:8 · JON 2:3 · HAB 1:2
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁוַע] vb. Pi. cry out for help base