שָׁוַע
sha.va
“to cry”
Definition
properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
a primitive root;
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
שָׁוַע appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
How long, O LORD, must I call for helpbut You do not hear,or cry out to You, “Violence!”but You do not save?
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;though I call for help, there is no justice.
because I rescued the poor who cried outand the fatherless who had no helper.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun.I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
The godless in heart harbor resentment;even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
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