Hebrew verb · H7737
שָׁוָה
shavahshaw-vaw'
be like; to set
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7737is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7737
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
The King James renders it: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shavah is rendered "be like; to set". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "be like".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 22:34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
2 Samuel 22:34מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: be like, and to set.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| be likeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Samuel 22:34He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. |
| to setStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I have placed3
- they compare2
- adequate1
- and I may be equal1
- and you may make equal1
- appropriate1
- equal1
- he has leveled1
- he made1
- I have lain down1
- I have made still1
- it was equal1
and 6 more, 21 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁוְא | shave | vanity: false | Uses53 |
| שָׁוַע | shava | to cry | Uses21 |
| שָׁוָה | shavah | storm | Usesnot recorded |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שֹׁוֶ֖ה3
- יִֽשְׁווּ־2
- אַשְׁוֶה־1
- וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה1
- וְתַשְׁו֑וּ1
- יְשַׁוֶּה־1
- מְשַׁוֶּ֣ה1
- מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה1
- נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃1
- שִׁוָּ֣ה1
- שָׁ֥וָה1
- שִׁוִּ֬יתִי1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular5HVpp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular3HVqrmsa
- verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular2HVprmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVqi3mp
- HC/Vhu2mp1HC/Vhu2mp
- HC/Vqu1cs1HC/Vqu1cs
- verb · nithpael, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVDp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVhi1cs
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVpi2ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpi3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVpp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms
2 Samuel
one use
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- מְשַׁוֶּ֥הmeshavehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: making
Esther
three uses
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.
- שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: appropriate
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
- שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: adequate
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.”
- שֹׁוֶ֖הshovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: equal
Job
one use
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- שָׁ֥וָהshavahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was equal
Psalms
six uses
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- שִׁוִּ֬יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have placed
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- מְשַׁוֶּ֣הmeshavehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: made
Great is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.
- תְּשַׁוֶּ֥הteshavehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you place
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.
- שִׁוִּ֣יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have placed
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
- שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃shivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have placed
Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.
- שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀shivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have made still
Proverbs
four uses
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- יִֽשְׁווּ־yishvu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they compare
For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- יִֽשְׁווּ־yishvu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they compare
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- תִּשְׁוֶה־tishveh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you should become like
A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
- נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃nishtavahverb · nithpael, qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: she is like
Isaiah
four uses
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.
- שִׁוָּ֣הshivahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has leveled
I composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.
- שִׁוִּ֤יתִיshivitiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have lain down
“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑הveeshvehHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may be equal
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- וְתַשְׁו֑וּvetashvuHC/Vhu2mptagged: and you may make equal
Lamentations
one use
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?
- אַשְׁוֶה־ʾashveh-verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I make equal
Hosea
one use
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.
- יְשַׁוֶּה־yeshaveh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he made
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.