Word Study · Strong's H7737 · Hebrew
שָׁוָה
shavah
shaw-vaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâvâh
“properly, to level, i.e. equalize”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Rendered in the KJV as
avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- שֹׁוֶ֖ה3
- יִֽשְׁווּ־2
- אַשְׁוֶה־1
- וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה1
- וְתַשְׁו֑וּ1
- יְשַׁוֶּה־1
- מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה1
- מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה1
- נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃1
- שִׁוָּ֣ה1
- שָׁ֥וָה1
- שִׁוִּ֬יתִי1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- I have placed3
- they compare2
- [he has] made1
- [he is] making1
- [is] adequate1
- [is] appropriate1
- [is] equal1
- and I may be equal?1
- and you may make [me] equal?1
- he has leveled1
- he made1
- I have lain down1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singular5
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular3
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- HC/Vhu2mp1
- HC/Vqu1cs1
- verb · nithpael, completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpp1cs · 5
- HVqrmsa · 3
- HVprmsa · 2
- HVqi3mp · 2
- HC/Vhu2mp · 1
- HC/Vqu1cs · 1
- HVDp3ms · 1
- HVhi1cs · 1
- HVpi2ms · 1
- HVpi3ms · 1
- HVpp3ms · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Esther3 occurrences
- Esther 3:8שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen 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.here: [is] appropriate
- Esther 5:13שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”here: [is] adequate
- Esther 7:4שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor 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.”here: [is] equal
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 16:8שִׁוִּ֬יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.here: I have placed
- Psalms 18:33מְשַׁוֶּ֣הmeshavehverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.here: [he has] made
- Psalms 21:5תְּשַׁוֶּ֥הteshavehverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularGreat is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.here: you place
- Psalms 89:19שִׁוִּ֣יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularYou 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.here: I have placed
- Psalms 119:30שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃shivitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.here: I have placed
- Psalms 131:2שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀shivitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularSurely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.here: I have made still
Proverbs4 occurrences
- Proverbs 3:15יִֽשְׁווּ־yishvu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralShe is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.here: they compare
- Proverbs 8:11יִֽשְׁווּ־yishvu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralFor wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.here: they compare
- Proverbs 26:4תִּשְׁוֶה־tishveh-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularDo not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.here: you should become like
- Proverbs 27:15נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃nishtavahverb · nithpael, completed action · 3rd person masculine singularA constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—here: she is like
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 28:25שִׁוָּ֣הshivahverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen 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.here: he has leveled
- Isaiah 38:13שִׁוִּ֤יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.here: I have lain down
- Isaiah 40:25וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑הveeshvehHC/Vqu1cs“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.here: and I may be equal?
- Isaiah 46:5וְתַשְׁו֑וּvetashvuHC/Vhu2mpTo whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?here: and you may make [me] equal?
Same headword in Strong's