Midvash

יְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâh

salvation

Pronunciation: yesh-oo'-aw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3444

Meanings

1. welfare, prosperity (Job 30:15)

2. deliverance (2 Samuel 10:11; 1 Chronicles 19:12)

3. salvation, by God, primarily from external evils, but often with added spiritual idea (Genesis 49:18; Isaiah 33:2; Isaiah 52:7)

4. victory (1 Samuel 14:45; Isaiah 26:18; Exodus 15:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 78 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 49:18 I trust in you for salvation, O Lord!
  • Exodus 14:13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
  • Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
  • Deuteronomy 32:15 “But Israel soon became fat and unruly; the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed! Then they abandoned the God who had made them; they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
  • 1 Samuel 2:1 Then Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.
  • 1 Samuel 14:45 But the people broke in and said to Saul, “Jonathan has won this great victory for Israel. Should he die? Far from it! As surely as the Lord lives, not one hair on his head will be touched, for God helped him do a great deed today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).