# H7737 שָׁוָה

שָׁוָה (shâvâh), Strong’s H7737: properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.) KJV: avail…

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*shâvâh* — properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)

KJV: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-)…

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁוָה vb. (be even, smooth, v. Pi., hence) agree with, be like, resemble
- Qal it was not equalled to me, i.e. not requited
- Pi. he hath levelled
- Hiph. make like
- Nithp. (appar.) are alike
- שָׁוָה vb
- [שָׁוָה] vb. Pi. set, place

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 22:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=34) — He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
- [Isaiah 28:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/28?v=25) — When he has leveled its surface, doesn’t he plant the dill, and scatter the cumin seed, and put in the wheat in rows…
- [Isaiah 38:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/38?v=13) — I 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=25) — “To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
- [Isaiah 46:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=5) — “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
- [Hosea 10:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/10?v=1) — Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his…
- [Psalms 16:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/16?v=8) — I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
- [Psalms 18:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=34) — He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and sets me on my high places.
- [Psalms 21:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/21?v=6) — His glory is great in your salvation. You lay honor and majesty on him.
- [Psalms 89:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/89?v=20) — Then you spoke in vision to your holy ones, and said, “I have given strength to the warrior. I have exalted a young man…