Word

שְׁוָה

shᵉvâh · H7739 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to make like

Causative action by which humans or deities cause objects to become similar to another objects

Examples
Daniel 3:29 “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or population of any language that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses made a rubbish heap, because there is no other god who is able to save in this way.”
Daniel 5:21 “He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of animals, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind, and that He sets over it whomever He wishes.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בַּיִתhouse 1
לְבַבheart 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נְוָלוּdunghill 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עִםby+ חֵיוָאbeast 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

דָּמָה dâmâh · H1819 · to cease, to perish, to be no more: A distinct Hebrew root expressing 'be like' or 'liken'; while שְׁוָה in its causative (Piel) stem emphasizes making equal or leveling, דָּמָה focuses on resemblance and comparison, but both can express the idea of making something like another.

In the other Testament 1 word

ὁμοιόω homoióō · G3666 · to be like, to resemble, to be similar to: The standard Greek verb for 'make like' or 'liken,' the natural translation equivalent when rendering the Piel causative sense of שְׁוָה 'make like, cause to be like' into Greek.

Semantic domains 10 entries

Similar002001001056: Daniel 5:21 recounts that “his heart was made like that of animals.”
Chastise002003002005: This Chastise code is inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) (the broader Hebrew verb for making equal, comparing, or reckoning); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Compare002004002003: Daniel 3:29 recounts that “their houses made a rubbish heap.”
Patient002001002020: This Patient code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Shape002001001052: This Shape code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Well002001003018: This Well code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Engage002003003011: This Engage code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Think002004002013: This Think code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Shout002004001009005: This Shout code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.
Stage002001001060: This Stage code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁוָה (shâvâh, H7737) and does not independently apply to the being made like an animal or a rubbish heap sense.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁוָה shâvâh · H7737 · to be alike, to be like, to compare with · 21×שְׁוָהshᵉvâh · H7739

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7739. shvah II. [שְׁוָה] verb Hithpa. be set, made (Pa`el שַׁוִּי make, Cappadocian…

H7739. shvah
II. [שְׁוָה] verb Hithpa. be set, made (Pa`el שַׁוִּי make, Cappadocian Aramaic LzbEph. i. 67; compare Biblical Hebrew II. [שָׁוָה]); — Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁתַּוֵּה֑ Dan 3:29, subject of thing + accusative be made into something (K§ 84, 3).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0