Strong's Hebrew · H7768
שָׁוַע
shâvaʻ · shaw-vah'
Definitionproperly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagecry (aloud, out), shout.
Occurrences21 in the KJV · 21 verses
שָׁוַע in Scripture
Job 19:7
Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .
Job 29:12
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not .
Job 30:28
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Job 35:9
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Job 36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Psalms 18:6
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms 18:41
They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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