Word Study · Strong's H7771 · Hebrew
שׁוֹעַ
shoa
sho'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: shôwaʻ
“a noble, i.e. liberal, opulent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a noble, i.e. liberal, opulent; also (as noun in the derived sense) a halloo
Rendered in the KJV as
bountiful, crying, rich.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וְשׁ֥וֹעַ1
- שׁ֭וֹעַ1
- שֽׁוֹעַ׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- a rich person1
- and a crying out1
- eminent person1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 2
- HC/Ncbsa · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 22:5וְשׁ֥וֹעַveshoa'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularFor the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.here: and a crying out
- Isaiah 32:5שֽׁוֹעַ׃shoa'noun · masculine singularNo longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.here: eminent person
Same headword in Strong's