Shava שָׁוַע

Shava (Hebrew שָׁוַע, Strong's H7768) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to cry”. It occurs 21 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shava, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job

• Job 19:7
  Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 24:12
  Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
• Job 29:12
  Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Job 30:20
  I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
• Job 30:28
  I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
• Job 35:9
  By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.
• Job 36:13
  But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
• Job 38:41
  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?

Psalms

• Psalm 18:6
  In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.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.
• Psalm 18:41
  They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
• Psalm 22:24
  For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
• Psalm 28:2
  Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
• Psalm 30:2
  O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
• Psalm 31:22
  For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
• Psalm 72:12
  For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
• Psalm 88:13
  But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You.
• Psalm 119:147
  I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 58:9
  Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:8
  Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

Jonah

• Jonah 2:2
  And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 1:2
  O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).