1) to agree with, be or become like, level, resemble 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be like 1a2) equivalent (participle) 1a3) to set, place 1a4) setting (participle) 1b) (Piel) to level, smooth, still 1c) (Hiphil) to make like 1d) (Nithpael) to be alike Aramaic equivalent: she.vah (שְׁוָה "be like" H7739A)
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H7737 — שָׁוָה
sha.vah · be like · Hebrew/Aramaic
21 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 22:34 · מְשַׁוֶּ֥הHe makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.Esther 3:8 · שֹׁוֶ֖הThen 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.Esther 5:13 · שֹׁוֶ֖הYet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”Esther 7:4 · שֹׁוֶ֖הFor 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.”Job 33:27 · שָׁ֥וָהThen he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.Psalm 16:8 · שִׁוִּ֬יתִיI have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.Psalm 18:33 · מְשַׁוֶּ֣הHe makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.Psalm 21:5 · תְּשַׁוֶּ֥הGreat is his glory in Your salvation; You bestow on him splendor and majesty.Psalm 89:19 · שִׁוִּ֣יתִיYou 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.Psalm 119:30 · שִׁוִּֽיתִי׃I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.Psalm 131:2 · שִׁוִּ֨יתִי׀Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.Proverbs 3:15 · יִֽשְׁווּ־She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.Proverbs 8:11 · יִֽשְׁווּ־For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.Proverbs 26:4 · תִּשְׁוֶה־Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.Proverbs 27:15 · נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—Isaiah 28:25 · שִׁוָּ֣הWhen 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.Isaiah 38:13 · שִׁוִּ֤יתִיI composed myself until the morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day until night You make an end of me.Isaiah 40:25 · וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.Isaiah 46:5 · וְתַשְׁו֑וּTo whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?Lamentations 2:13 · אַשְׁוֶה־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?Hosea 10:1 · יְשַׁוֶּה־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.