שַׁוְעָה
shavʻâh · shav-aw'
a hallooing
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H7773 (שֶׁוַע);
a hallooing
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crying.
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
- 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 see and know › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁוְעָה 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and my cry2 · 18%
- and their cry1 · 9%
- and the cry1 · 9%
- are open unto their cry1 · 9%
- unto my cry1 · 9%
- my cry1 · 9%
- and let my cry1 · 9%
- their cry1 · 9%
- of the cry1 · 9%
- at my cry1 · 9%
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.