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 · 151–200 of 206 · BSB
Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
Speak up and present your case— yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
This is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
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