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 · 51–100 of 206 · BSB
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.
They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”
So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your son. Come up and save me from the hands of the kings of Aram and Israel, who are rising up against me.”
And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
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 in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all the others, and He gave them rest on every side.
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!
Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
Make Your face shine on Your servant; save me by Your loving devotion.
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
The LORD helps and delivers them; He rescues and saves them from the wicked, because they take refuge in Him.
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