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 his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.Esther 3:8 · שֹׁוֶ֖הHaman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.Esther 5:13 · שֹׁוֶ֖הYet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”Esther 7:4 · שֹׁוֶ֖הFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”Job 33:27 · שָׁ֥וָהHe sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.Psalm 16:8 · שִׁוִּ֬יתִיI have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.Psalm 18:33 · מְשַׁוֶּ֣הHe makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.Psalm 21:5 · תְּשַׁוֶּ֥הHis glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.Psalm 89:19 · שִׁוִּ֣יתִיThen you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man 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. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.Proverbs 8:11 · יִֽשְׁווּ־For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.Proverbs 26:4 · תִּשְׁוֶה־Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.Proverbs 27:15 · נִשְׁתָּוָֽה׃A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:Isaiah 28:25 · שִׁוָּ֣הWhen he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows, the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in its place?Isaiah 38:13 · שִׁוִּ֤יתִיI waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.Isaiah 40:25 · וְאֶשְׁוֶ֑ה“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.Isaiah 46:5 · וְתַשְׁו֑וּ“To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?Lamentations 2:13 · אַשְׁוֶה־What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?Hosea 10:1 · יְשַׁוֶּה־Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.