H7738 שָׁוָה (shâvâh) shaw-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

storm

Strong's Definition

to destroy

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: [idiom] substance (from the margin).

TWOT Reference: 2343

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (CLBL/BDB) storm

2) (TWOT) to set, place

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁוָה (sha.vah) — storm. 1) (CLBL/BDB) storm 2) (TWOT) to set, place

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁוה (H7737 · H7738 · A7739)

verb · יִשְׁוָה · יִשְׁוִי

Similar | verb qal, verb nitp, verb pi

to be alike, to be like, to compare with = process by which an object or event is considered similar to another object or event

EST 7:4 · PRO 3:15 · PRO 8:11 · PRO 26:4 · PRO 27:15 · ISA 40:25 · HOS 10:1

Similar | verb pi, verb pa, verb hitpa'al

to make like = causative action by which humans or deities cause objects to become similar to another objects

2SA 22:34 · PSA 18:34 · DAN 3:29 · DAN 5:21

Chastise

to be paid back (for something) literally: to be made equal; hence: = process by which humans are punished in a way that is proportional to the offense

JOB 33:27

Compare | verb hif | ≈ דמה

to compare = action by which humans measure the similarity or dissimilarity between two entities

ISA 46:5 · LAM 2:13

Patient | verb pi

Collocation: שׁוה נֶפֶשׁ

to cause to be quiet, to cause to be at ease, to calm literally: to make (one's) inner person equal; hence: = action by which humans make an effort to calm down emotions such as anger and discontent

PSA 131:2

Shape | verb pi

to level, to make smooth literally: to make (something) equal; hence: = causative action by which humans use a tool to make a rough surface more smooth

ISA 28:25

Well | verb qal

to be acceptable, to be tolerable literally: to be equal (to someone); hence: = state in which a situation is acceptable to someone and does not need to be altered

EST 3:8 · EST 5:13

verb

Engage | verb pi

to grant literally: to place (a quality or activity) upon (someone); hence: = process by which humans receive a certain quality from God, or become the beneficiary of a divine action

PSA 21:6 · PSA 89:20

Think | verb pi

to be aware (of), to think (of) literally: to place (before oneself); hence: = action by which humans constantly keep a certain object or event at the back of their minds

PSA 16:8 · PSA 119:30

verb

Shout | verb pi

to cry for help = action by which humans raise their voice ◄ in times of hardship ► hoping to received help from God or someone else

ISA 38:13

verb

Stage | verb pi

to produce, to yield meaning unsure; possibly: = process by which a plant produces fruits

HOS 10:1

¹ HOS 10:1 NJPS "is like (it)" = [1a] | RSV ESV NRSV "yields" NIV "brough forth" NJB "yielding" GNT "full of" CEV "covered with" = [2a] | REB "ripening" ² DAN 5:21 MT-K שׁוי | MT-Q שַׁוִּיְו ³ PSA 89:20 REB GNT ESV "help" NIV NJB "strength" NJPS "power" CEV "helped" | RSV NRSV "crown" = נֵזֶר ⁴ ISA 38:13 RSV NRSV "I cry for help" NJPS "I cried out" NJB "I cried for help" GNT "I cried out with pain" | NIV "I waited patiently" ESV "I calmed myself" | REB "I am racked with pain"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[תְּשֻׁאָה] n.f. noise (prop. of devastation, storm) base