Strong's Lexicon

H7724

H7724 — שְׁוָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewShvanameOccurrences: 2TWOT: 77182

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7724
Word:	שְׁוָא
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from the same as H7723
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	Shva
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	shev-aw'
Meaning:	1. false 2. Sheva, an Israelite
KJV Renderings:	Sheva.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8319

שְׂרָיָה(וּׅ proper name, masculine (׳ י persisteth Dr^{Hast. DB. ii. 530 JACOB}); — usually Σαραια(ς ); — שְׂרָיָה:

1. secretary of David 2Sam 8:17, but ᵐ5 ^B Ασα, || שיא 2Sam 20:25 Kt (שְׁוָא Qr ), שַׁוְשָׁא 1Chr 18:16 (in both Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5 ^L Σουσα), שִׁישָׁא 1Kgs 4:3 (Σαβα , A Σεισα, ᵐ5 ^L Σαφατ); originally in all probably ששא We Dr Klo (Sausa), HPS (שושא), Now (Šoša), Bu.

2. chief priest 2Kgs 25:18 = Jer 52:24.

3. a captain 2Kgs 25:23; Jer 40:8; Jer 51:59 (twice in verse); Jer 51:61.

a. son of Kenaz 1Chr 4:13; 1Chr 4:14.

b. name in Simeon 1Chr 4:35.

c. Levite name 1Chr 5:40 (twice in verse).

a. companion of Zerubbabel Ezra 2:2.

b. father of Ezra Ezra 7:1.

c. one sealed Neh 10:3.

d. priest Neh 11:11; Neh 12:1; Neh 12:12.

6. שְׂרָיָהוּ, officer of king Jehoiakim, Jer 36:26, τῷ Σαρεα.

BDB8494

שְׁוָא proper name, masculine

1. Calebite 1Chr 2:49, Σαου, Σουε.

2. secretary, David's time 2Sam 20:25 Qr ( Kt שׁיא), Ιησους, A Ισους, ᵐ5 ^L Σουσα (see שְׂרָיָהוׅׅ 1).

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משואות (mash-shoo-ohth’)

Psalms 73:18

KJV: Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

EHCC: castedst them down into destruction,

Psalms 74:3

KJV: Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

EHCC: unto the perpetual desolutions ;

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