Shâvaʻ — H7768

H7768 · Hebrew — שוע

Pronunciation: shaw-vah'

Definition

verb

properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)

  1. (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout

Usually translated as

cry, shout

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Shâvaʻ occurs 21 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (8), Psalms (9), Isaiah (1), Lamentations (1), Jonah (1), Habakkuk (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S