Shavah שַׁוְעָה

Shavah (Hebrew שַׁוְעָה, Strong's H7775) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “cry”. It occurs 11 times in 11 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 Shavah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 2:23
  And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 5:12
  And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:7
  In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.

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 34:15
  The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
• Psalm 39:12
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
• Psalm 40:1
  I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• Psalm 102:1
  Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
• Psalm 145:19
  He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 8:19
  Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?Listen to the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:56
  Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”

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).