Word study · Hebrew
יָשַׁע
ya.sahH3467to save
Used 206 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to save, be saved, be delivered
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to save, be saved, be delivered
- 1a) (Niphal)
- 1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
- 1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
- 1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to save, deliver
- 1b2) to save from moral troubles
- 1b3) to give victory to
Same idea, other words · Salvation and redemption
Salvation is rescue, and redemption is rescue by paying a price. The exodus supplies the pattern: God saves his people and redeems them from slavery.
- יָשַׁעyasah to saveto save, to deliverH3467
- יְשׁוּעָהyeshuah salvationsalvation, deliverance (the root of the name Yeshua)H3444
- גָּאַלgaal to redeem: redeemto redeem as a kinsman doesH1350
- פָּדָהpadah to ransomto ransom, to buy backH6299
- σῴζωsōzō to saveto save, to heal, to rescueG4982
- σωτηρίαsōtēria salvationsalvationG4991
- λυτρόωlutroō to ransomto ransom, to set free by a priceG3084
- ἀπολύτρωσιςapolutrōsis redemptionredemption, release by paymentG0629
Where it appears
- Exodus2
- Numbers1
- Deuteronomy5
- Joshua2
- Judges21
- 1 Samuel16
- 2 Samuel11
- 2 Kings8
- 1 Chronicles6
- 2 Chronicles2
- Nehemiah2
- Job4
- Psalms57
- Proverbs2
- Isaiah29
- Jeremiah19
- Lamentations1
- Ezekiel3
- Hosea5
- Obadiah1
- Habakkuk1
- Zephaniah2
- Zechariah6
Every use · 1–50 of 206 · BSB
And when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
“The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If this was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today.
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
But when the Israelites cried out to the LORD, He raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save them.
And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
“Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I save Israel? Indeed, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
then behold, I will place a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said.”
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
Sidonians, Amalekites, and Maonites oppressed you and you cried out to Me, did I not save you from their hands?
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”
and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him leader over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”
So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”
Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your maidservant.”
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
Now take action, because the LORD has said to David, ‘Through My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies.’”
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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