שָׁוַעshâvaʻ

Pi`el: cry out for help, cry for help (Psalms 30:3; Job 24:12; Isaiah 58:9)

Pronunciation: shaw-vah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7768

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Job 19:7 “I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me. I protest, but there is no justice.
  • Job 24:12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God ignores their moaning.
  • Job 29:12 For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.
  • Job 30:20 “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
  • Job 30:28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.
  • Job 35:9 “People cry out when they are oppressed. They groan beneath the power of the mighty.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).