Strong’s H7768 · Hebrew

שָׁוַע
shâvaʻ
shaw-vah'

Definition

properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • cry (aloud
  • out)
  • shout

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.