Shavah שָׁוָה
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| שָׁוָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shavah |
| Strong's number | H7737 (H7737A, H7737B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be like |
| Occurrences | 21 in 21 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (6) |
Shavah (Hebrew שָׁוָה, Strong's H7737) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be like”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H7737A: be like
1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be like
1a2) equivalent (participle)
1a3) to set, place
1a4) setting (participle)
1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still
1c) (Hiphil) to make like
1d) (Nithpael) to be alike
Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (שְׁוָה "be like" H7739A)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be like
1a2) equivalent (participle)
1a3) to set, place
1a4) setting (participle)
1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still
1c) (Hiphil) to make like
1d) (Nithpael) to be alike
Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (שְׁוָה "be like" H7739A)
H7737B: to set
(Piel) to set, place
Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (שְׁוָה "be set" H7739B)
Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (שְׁוָה "be set" H7739B)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | laid (3), equal (3), maketh (2), like (2), compared (2), profit (1), availeth (1), countervail (1), profited (1), set (1), behaved (1), alike (1), and 3 other renderings |
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| BSB | he makes (2), i have set (2), compares (2), best interest (1), satisfies (1), would justify (1), storm (1), get what i deserved (1), you bestow (1), i have bestowed (1), i have stilled (1), will be like him (1), and 7 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Shavah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 22:34He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
Esther
- Esther 3:8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Esther 5:13Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
- Esther 7:4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
Job
- Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
Psalms
- Psalm 16:8I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalm 18:33He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- Psalm 21:5His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
- Psalm 89:19Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
- Psalm 119:30I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
- Psalm 131:2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 3:15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- Proverbs 27:15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
Isaiah
- Isaiah 28:25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
- Isaiah 38:13I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- Isaiah 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
Lamentations
- Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
Hosea
- Hosea 10:1Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).