Strong's Hebrew · H7737
שָׁוָה
shâvâh · shaw-vaw'
Definitionproperly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usageavail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Occurrences21 in the KJV · 21 verses
שָׁוָה in Scripture
2 Samuel 22:34
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet : and setteth me upon my high places.
Esther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king' s laws: therefore it is not for the king' s profit to suffer them.
Esther 5:13
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king' s gate.
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king' s damage.
Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Psalms 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalms 18:33
He maketh my feet like hinds' feet , and setteth me upon my high places.
Psalms 21:5
His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me .
Psalms 131:2
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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