H7579 שָׁאַב (shâʼab) sahw-ab'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to draw

Strong's Definition

to bale up water

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: (woman to) draw(-er, water).

TWOT Reference: 2299.1

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to draw (water)

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to draw (water)

1a2) water-drawing women (participle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G501 G1986

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁאַב (sha.av) — to draw. 1) to draw (water) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (water) 1a2) water-drawing women (participle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁאב (H7579)

verb · מַשְׁאָב

Move | verb qal

to draw (water) = causative action by which humans let down a bucket-like container attached to a rope into a well in order to draw water from it

GEN 24:11 · GEN 24:13 · GEN 24:19 · GEN 24:20 · GEN 24:20 · GEN 24:43 · GEN 24:44 · GEN 24:45 · DEU 29:10 · JOS 9:21 · JOS 9:23 · JOS 9:27 · RUT 2:9 · 1SA 7:6 · 1SA 9:11 · 2SA 23:16 · 1CH 11:18 · ISA 12:3 · NAM 3:14

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שָׁאַב] vb. draw (water) base

Bible Occurrences (18)

24:11 24:13 24:19 24:20 24:43 24:44 24:45

29:11

9:21 9:23 9:27

2:9

7:6 9:11

23:16

11:18

12:3

3:14

Genesis 24:11

As evening approached..., he made the camels kneel down near the well... outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.

Genesis 24:13

Here I am, standing beside the spring..., and the daughters of the townspeople... are coming out to draw water.

Genesis 24:19

After she had given him a drink, she said, I will also draw water for your camels, until... they have had enough to drink.

Genesis 24:20

And she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran back to the well to draw water, until she had drawn water for all his camels.

Genesis 24:43

Here I am, standing beside this spring.... Now [if] a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, Please let me drink a little water from your jar,

Genesis 24:44

and she replies..., Drink,... and I will draw water for your camels as well,... may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

Genesis 24:45

And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, Please give me a drink.

Deuteronomy 29:11

your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood... and draw your water—