H7775 שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh) shav-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cry

Strong's Definition

a hallooing

Derivation: feminine of H7773 (שֶׁוַע);

KJV Usage: crying.

TWOT Reference: 2348c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cry for help

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G995 G996 G2906 G3664

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁוְעָה (shav.ah) — cry. cry for help

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שַׁוְעָה (H7775)

noun f · שׁוע

Shout

cry for help = action by which humans raise their voice ◄ in times of hardship ► hoping to receive help from God or someone else

EXO 2:23 · 1SA 5:12 · 2SA 22:7 · PSA 18:7 · PSA 34:16 · PSA 39:13 · PSA 40:2 · PSA 102:2 · PSA 145:19 · JER 8:19 · LAM 3:56

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שַׁוְעָה] n.f. cry for help base

Bible Occurrences (11)

2:23

5:12

22:7

18:6 34:15 39:12 40:1 102:1 145:19

8:19

3:56

Exodus 2:23

After a long... time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites... groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

1 Samuel 5:12

Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

2 Samuel 22:7

In my distress... I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away...: Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there? Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?

Lamentations 3:56

You heard my plea: Do not ignore... my cry for relief.