שָׁוַע
shâvaʻ · shaw-vah'
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
- properly, to be free
- but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cry (aloud, out), shout.
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)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁוַע 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 · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and cried2 · 10%
- i cry aloud1 · 5%
- crieth out1 · 5%
- that cried1 · 5%
- i cry1 · 5%
- and i cried1 · 5%
- they cry out1 · 5%
- they cry1 · 5%
- cry1 · 5%
- they cried1 · 5%
- from him; but when he cried1 · 5%
- when i cry1 · 5%
- i cried1 · 5%
- when i cried1 · 5%
- when he crieth1 · 5%
- but unto thee have i cried1 · 5%
- thou shalt cry1 · 5%
- and shout1 · 5%
- cried1 · 5%
- how long shall i cry1 · 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.