TBESH · H7768
שָׁוַע · sha.va · to cry
(Piel) to cry out (for help), shout
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sha.va H7768
שָׁוַע (sha.va) means “to cry” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
שָׁוַע Hebrew · H7768 21 tagged occurrences in 21 verses
Pronunciation guide: shaw-vah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
KJV glosses: cry (aloud, out), shout.
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How translators render H7768
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| for help | 4 |
| and cry for help | 2 |
| cry for help | 2 |
| cry out | 2 |
| and plead for help | 1 |
| i called for help | 1 |
| i cry for help | 1 |
| must i call for help | 1 |
| they cried for help | 1 |
| they plead for relief | 1 |
| though i call for help | 1 |
| when i call | 1 |
| who cried out | 1 |
| who cry out | 1 |
| you will cry out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and cried | 2 |
| i cried | 2 |
| and shout | 1 |
| but unto thee have i cried | 1 |
| cried | 1 |
| crieth out | 1 |
| cry | 1 |
| from him but when he cried | 1 |
| how long shall i cry | 1 |
| i cry | 1 |
| i cry aloud | 1 |
| that cried | 1 |
| they cried | 1 |
| they cry | 1 |
| they cry out | 1 |
| thou shalt cry | 1 |
| when he crieth | 1 |
| when i cried | 1 |
| when i cry | 1 |
Verses containing H7768
Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Job 19:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Read word by word - Job 24:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
Read word by word - Job 29:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Read word by word - Job 30:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Read word by word - Job 30:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Read word by word - Job 35:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
Read word by word - Job 36:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
Read word by word - Job 38:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Read word by word - Psalms 18:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.7
- Psalms 18:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.42
- Psalms 22:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.25
- Psalms 28:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Read word by word - Psalms 30:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.3
- Psalms 31:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.23
- Psalms 72:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Read word by word - Psalms 88:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 88.14
- Psalms 119:147
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
Read word by word - Lamentations 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
Read word by word - Jonah 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.3
- Habakkuk 1:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
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