Lexicon :: Strong's H7737 - šāvâ

שָׁוָה

Transliteration

šāvâ

Pronunciation

shaw-vaw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2342,2343

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁוָה shâvâh, shaw-vaw'; 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.):—avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7737 in the following manner: laid (3x), equal (3x), like (2x), compared (2x), profit (2x), set (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7737 in the following manner: laid (3x), equal (3x), like (2x), compared (2x), profit (2x), set (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble
1. (Qal)
  1. to be like
  2. equivalent (participle)
  3. to set, place
  4. setting (participle)
2. (Piel) to level, smooth, still
3. (Hiphil) to make like
4. (Nithpael) to be alike
(Piel) to set, place

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7737: Abbreviations

† I. שָׁוָה verb (be even, smooth, see Pi., hence) agree with, be like, resemble (Arabic II. make even, flat, uniform (with something else); Aramaic שְׁוָא (derived species) be like, be equal, fit, like, Pa. lay out smoothly, Aph. make plain, fit, worthy); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular לִי לֹא שׁ׳ Job 33:27 (si vera lectio) it was not equalled to me, i.e. (see infra; according to most) not requited (so De Di Da, and Isaiah 16:6 ); Bu אֵל לֹא שִׁוָּה God did not requite (or שִׁלֵּם for שׁוה); Du לֹא שִׁוָּה כַעֲוֺנִי (compare ); Imperfect 1st person singular of י׳, אֶלמִֿי ֗֗֗ אֶשְׁוֶה Isaiah 40:25 to whom shall I be like? (|| תְּדַמְּיוּנִי), implying that he is incomparable; 3rd person masculine plural לֹא יִשְׁווּבָֿהּ Proverbs 3:15 are not comparable with her (wisdom), so Proverbs 8:11; 2nd person masculine singular פֶּן־תִּשְׁוֶה־לוֹ Proverbs 26:4 lest thou be like him (a fool); Participle שֹׁוֶה בְּ Esther 7:4 is not an equivalent for; with לִ, suitable for Esther 3:8, so Esther 1:22 Hi Or Ry^Kau (reading כֹּל שֹׁוֶה עִמּוֺ for כִּלְשׁוֺן עַמּוֺ, but see Siegf.); adequate for Esther 5:13.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁוָּה Isaiah 28:25 he hath levelled its (the ground's) surface; 1st person singular שִׁוִּיתִי וְדוֺמַמְתִּי נַפְשִׁי Psalm 131:2 I have smoothed (composed) and stilled my soul; so, that is נַפְשִׁי Isaiah 38:13 Ges De and others; Houb Lo Che Du and others read שִׁוַּעְתִּי I cried; accusative מִשְׁפָּטִים Psalm 119:30 accounted suitable, meet (|| דֶּרֶךְ אֱמוּנָח בָּחָ֑רְתִּי), Hi, compare Gr Psalm 119:128 (see Qal Esther 3:8); We inserts לְנֶגְדִּי (II. שׁ׳, compare Psalm 16:8); Zenner Du אִזִּיתִי.
†Hiph. make like: Imperfect 1st person singular מָח אַשְׁוֶחלָֿךְ Lamentations 2:13 (|| אֲדַמֶּה); 2nd person masculine plural לְמִי תְדַמְּיוּנִי וְתַשְׁווּ Isaiah 46:5 (compare Qal Isaiah 40:25).
Nithp. (apparently) Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נִשְׁתָּ֑וָה (for נִשְׁתְּוָה) Proverbs 27:15 are alike, but read probably Niph. 3rd person femininesingular נִשְׁוָ֑תָה Ges^{§ 75 x} Toy and others — תשׁוה Job 30:22 Kt see II. שׁוא.

II. [שָׁוָה] verb
Pi. set, place (Biblical Aramaic Hithpa. שְׁוָא Pa. set, make (often = שׁום, שׁית); Thes and others below I. שׁ׳, originally set, place, then set together, compare, < weakened from original make even, right, compare Vulgar Arabic II. make (Wahrm, compare also Ba^{ES 66})); — Perfect 1st person singular שִׁוִּיתִי Psalm 16:8 I have set י׳ before me (לְנֶגְּדִּי); עֵזֶר עַל שׁ׳ Psalm 89:20 I have placed strength upon a hero, compare Psalm 21:6; Participle מְשַׁוֶּח רַנְלַי כְּ 2 Samuel 22:34 setting my feet like hinds = Psalm 18:34 (compare שַׁוִּי כְּ Genesis 48:20; Jeremiah 29:22, for שׂים כְּ); — Isaiah 38:13 see I. שׁוה; — Imperfect = make, produce, 3rd person masculine singular לוֹ יְשַׁוֶּה פְּרִי Hosea 10:1 (Israel as vine), si vera lectio, see We Now (|| פְּרִי עשׂה Hosea 9:16, compare Hosea 8:7).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7739.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

48:20

2 Samuel

22:34

Esther

1:22; 3:8; 3:8; 5:13; 7:4

Job

30:22; 33:27

Psalms

16:8; 16:8; 18:34; 21:6; 89:20; 119:30; 119:128; 131:2

Proverbs

3:15; 8:11; 26:4; 27:15

Isaiah

16:6; 28:25; 38:13; 38:13; 40:25; 40:25; 46:5

Jeremiah

29:22

Lamentations

2:13

Hosea

8:7; 9:16; 10:1

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H7737 matches the Hebrew שָׁוָה (šāvâ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

2Sa 22:34

2Sa 22:34 - He maketh^H7737 ➔ my feet^H7272 like^H7737 hinds'^H355 feet: and setteth^H5975 me upon my high places.^H1116

Est 3:8

Est 3:8 - And Haman^H2001 said^H559 unto king^H4428 Ahasuerus,^H325 There is^H3426 a certain^H259 people^H5971 scattered abroad^H6340 and dispersed^H6504 among the people^H5971 in all the provinces^H4082 of thy kingdom;^H4438 and their laws^H1881 are diverse^H8138 from all people;^H5971 neither keep^H6213 they the king's^H4428 laws:^H1881 therefore it is not for the king's^H4428 profit^H7737 to suffer^H3240 them.

Est 5:13

Est 5:13 - Yet all this availeth^H7737 me nothing, so long as^H6256 I see^H7200 Mordecai^H4782 the Jew^H3064 sitting^H3427 at the king's^H4428 gate.^H8179

Est 7:4

Est 7:4 - For we are sold,^H4376 I and my people,^H5971 to be destroyed,^H8045 to be slain,^H2026 and to perish.^H6 But if^H432 we had been sold^H4376 for bondmen^H5650 and bondwomen,^H8198 I had held my tongue,^H2790 although the enemy^H6862 could not countervail^H7737 the king's^H4428 damage.^H5143

Job 33:27

Job 33:27 - He looketh^H7789 upon men,^H582 and if any say,^H559 I have sinned,^H2398 and perverted^H5753 that which was right,^H3477 and it profited^H7737 me not;

Psa 16:8

Psa 16:8 - I have set^H7737 the LORD^H3068 always^H8548 before me: because he is at my right hand,^H3225 I shall not be moved.^H4131

Psa 18:33

Psa 18:33 - He maketh^H7737 my feet^H7272 like hinds'^H355 feet, and setteth^H5975 me upon my high places.^H1116

Psa 21:5

Psa 21:5 - His glory^H3519 is great^H1419 in thy salvation:^H3444 honour^H1935 and majesty^H1926 hast thou laid^H7737 upon him.

Psa 89:19

Psa 89:19 - Then thou spakest^H1696 in vision^H2377 to thy holy one,^H2623 and saidst,^H559 I have laid^H7737 help^H5828 upon one that is mighty;^H1368 I have exalted^H7311 one chosen^H977 out of the people.^H5971

Psa 119:30

Psa 119:30 - I have chosen^H977 the way^H1870 of truth:^H530 thy judgments^H4941 have I laid^H7737 before me.

Psa 131:2

Psa 131:2 - Surely I have behaved^H7737 and quieted^H1826 myself,^H5315 as a child that is weaned^H1580 of his mother:^H517 my soul^H5315 is even as a weaned child.^H1580

Pro 3:15

Pro 3:15 - She is more precious^H3368 than rubies:^H6443 and all the things thou canst desire^H2656 are not to be compared^H7737 unto her.

Pro 8:11

Pro 8:11 - For wisdom^H2451 is better^H2896 than rubies;^H6443 and all the things that may be desired^H2656 are not to be compared^H7737 to it.

Pro 26:4

Pro 26:4 - Answer^H6030 not a fool^H3684 according to his folly,^H200 lest thou also be like^H7737 unto him.

Pro 27:15

Pro 27:15 - A continual^H2956 dropping^H1812 in a very rainy^H5464 day^H3117 and a contentious^H4079^H4066 woman^H802 are alike.^H7737

Isa 28:25

Isa 28:25 - When he hath made plain^H7737 the face^H6440 thereof, doth he not cast abroad^H6327 the fitches,^H7100 and scatter^H2236 the cummin,^H3646 and cast^H7760 in the principal^H7795 wheat^H2406 and the appointed^H5567 barley^H8184 and the rie^H3698 in their place?^H1367

Isa 38:13

Isa 38:13 - I reckoned^H7737 till morning,^H1242 that, as a lion,^H738 so will he break^H7665 all my bones:^H6106 from day^H3117 even to night^H3915 wilt thou make an end^H7999 of me.

Isa 40:25

Isa 40:25 - To whom then will ye liken^H1819 me, or shall I be equal?^H7737 saith^H559 the Holy One.^H6918

Isa 46:5

Isa 46:5 - To whom will ye liken^H1819 me, and make me equal,^H7737 and compare^H4911 me, that we may be like?^H1819

Lam 2:13

Lam 2:13 - What thing shall I take to witness^H5749^H5749 for thee? what thing^H4100 shall I liken^H1819 to thee, O daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem?^H3389 what shall I equal^H7737 to thee, that I may comfort^H5162 thee, O virgin^H1330 daughter^H1323 of Zion?^H6726 for thy breach^H7667 is great^H1419 like the sea:^H3220 who can heal^H7495 thee?

Hos 10:1

Hos 10:1 - Israel^H3478 is an empty^H1238 vine,^H1612 he bringeth forth^H7737 fruit^H6529 unto himself: according to the multitude^H7230 of his fruit^H6529 he hath increased^H7235 the altars;^H4196 according to the goodness^H2896 of his land^H776 they have made goodly^H2895 images.^H4676

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