Strong's Hebrew · H7768

שָׁוַע

shâvaʻ · shaw-vah'

cry (aloud, out), shout.

Definition

properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 21 times in Scripture

Job 36:13

The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.

Psalms 18:6

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

Job 29:12

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 38:41

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Job 24:12

From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Job 30:28

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Job 19:7

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Job 35:9

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

Psalms 28:2

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Job 30:20

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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