שָׁוָה
shâvâh · shaw-vaw'
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
- properly, to level, i.e. equalize
- figuratively, to resemble
- by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁוָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he maketh2 · 9%
- are not to be compared2 · 9%
- like1 · 5%
- profit1 · 5%
- yet all this availeth1 · 5%
- could not countervail1 · 5%
- and it profited1 · 5%
- i have set1 · 5%
- hast thou laid1 · 5%
- i have laid1 · 5%
- have i laid1 · 5%
- surely i have behaved1 · 5%
- lest thou also be like1 · 5%
- are alike1 · 5%
- when he hath made plain1 · 5%
- i reckoned1 · 5%
- me, or shall i be equal1 · 5%
- me, and make me equal1 · 5%
- what shall i equal1 · 5%
- he bringeth forth1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.