שָׁוַע
šāwaʿ
cry out
Strong's H7768VerbHebrewTWOT 2348

שָׁוַע (šāwaʿ) is a Hebrew verb meaning cry out. It appears 21 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7768).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2348)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2348)cry out; halloo, be free, freedom; cry, shout
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁוַע verb: cry out

Piel cry out for help

Strong's H7773 שֶׁוַע: a halloo
KJV:cry.

Strong's H7768 שָׁוַע: properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
KJV:cry (aloud, out), shout.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Job 19:7Psalms 28:2Isaiah 58:9

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