שָׁוָה

shâvâh · Hebrew · Strong's H7737 · 21 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “lay”

What it means

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

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, make equal, lay, be make, alike, make plain, profit, reckon

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“lay”

also renders hístēmi (G2476), epibállō (G1911), katabállō (G2598), logízomai (G3049), klínō (G2827), katatíthēmi (G2698), keîmai (G2749), phérō (G5342), bállō (G906), anaklínō (G347), epíkeimai (G1945), ʼâchaz (H270), chârab (H2717), yᵉhab (H3052), yâçad (H3245), yârâh (H3384), mâlaṭ (H4422), nûwach (H5117), nâtsab (H5324), ʻâbar (H5674), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896), shâkan (H7931), tâphas (H8610)

“bring forth”

also renders paradídōmi (G3860), prophérō (G4393), blastánō (G985), dídōmi (G1325), tíktō (G5088), ekbállō (G1544), ekphérō (G1627), exágō (G1806), proágō (G4254), gennáō (G1080), bâshal (H1310), dâshâʼ (H1876), chûwl (H2342), nûwb (H5107), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlach (H6398), pârâh (H6509), tsâmach (H6779)

“profit”

also renders prokopḗ (G4297), chrḗsimos (G5539), óphelos (G3786), ōpheléō (G5623), ōphélimos (G5624), prokóptō (G4298), symphérō (G4851), ōphéleia (G5622), betsaʻ (H1215), yôwthêr (H3148), yithrôwn (H3504), çâkan (H5532)

“reckon”

also renders logízomai (G3049), sympsēphízō (G4860), synaírō (G4868), châshab (H2803), pâqad (H6485)

“be make”

also renders hâlal (H1984), châzaq (H2388), ṭâmêʼ (H2930), mâlak (H4427)

“alike”

also renders ʼechâd (H259), gam (H1571), yachad (H3162)

“behave”

also renders hypárchō (G5225), hâlak (H1980)

“compare”

also renders parabállō (G3846), dâmâh (H1819)

“avail”

also renders ischýō (G2480)

“make plain”

also renders çâlal (H5549)

Where it appears

21 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

2 Samuel 22:34 · HVprmsa

He makes his feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.

Esther 3:8 · HVqrmsa

Haman 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 from 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 · HVqrmsa

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Esther 7:4 · HVqrmsa

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”

Hosea 10:1 · HVpi3ms

Israel is a luxuriant vine that produces 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.

Isaiah 28:25 · HVpp3ms

When 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 HVpp1csIsaiah 40:25 HC/Vqi1csIsaiah 46:5 HC/Vhi2mpJob 33:27 HVqp3msLamentations 2:13 HVhi1csProverbs 3:15 HVqi3mpProverbs 8:11 HVqi3mpProverbs 26:4 HVqi2msProverbs 27:15 HVDp3fsPsalm 16:8 HVpp1csPsalm 18:33 HVprmsaPsalm 21:5 HVpi2msPsalm 89:19 HVpp1csPsalm 119:30 HVpp1csPsalm 131:2 HVpp1cs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.