יָשַׁעyâshaʻ
deliver, intransitive and passive
Pronunciation: yaw-shah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3467
Meanings
Niph`al
1. be liberated, saved, properly placed in freedom (Proverbs 28:18; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 45:22)
2. be saved, in battle, victorious (Zechariah 9:9; Psalms 33:16; 1 Samuel 14:47)
Hiph`il
1. deliver, save, (properly give width and breadth to, liberate) (Exodus 2:17; Judges 6:31; 1 Samuel 23:2)
a. saviour, from the hand of (Judges 3:31; Judges 6:15; Judges 10:1)
b. saviour, O save with thy right hand (Deuteronomy 20:4; Joshua 22:22; Judges 3:9)
2. save from moral troubles (Ezekiel 37:23; Jeremiah 36:29)
3. give victory to
a. man, give victory to (Judges 7:2; 1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:33)
b. God, gain victory (Psalms 98:1; Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5)
Same root
- ὡσαννάhōsanná · G5614oh save!; hosanna (i.e. hoshia-na), an exclamation of adoration
- הוֹשֵׁעַHôwshêaʻ · H1954Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
- הוֹשַׁעְיָהHôwshaʻyâh · H1955Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻ · H3091Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
- יְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâh · H3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- יֶשַׁעyeshaʻ · H3468liberty, deliverance, prosperity
- יִשְׁעִיYishʻîy · H3469Jishi, the name of four Israelites
- יְשַׁעְיָהYᵉshaʻyâh · H3470Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 205 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 2:17 But some other shepherds came and chased them away. So Moses jumped up and rescued the girls from the shepherds. Then he drew water for their flocks.
- Exodus 14:30 That is how the Lord rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day. And the Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the seashore.
- Numbers 10:9 “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 20:4 For the Lord your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!’
- Deuteronomy 22:27 Since the man raped her out in the country, it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.
- Deuteronomy 28:29 You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.
See every passage
- Exodus 2:17, 14:30
- Numbers 10:9
- Deuteronomy 20:4, 22:27, 28:29, 28:31, 33:29
- Joshua 10:6, 22:22
- Judges 2:16, 2:18, 3:9, 3:15, 3:31, 6:14, 6:15, 6:31, 6:36, 6:37, 7:2, 7:7, 8:22, 10:1, 10:12, 10:13, 10:14, 12:2, 12:3, 13:5
- 1 Samuel 4:3, 7:8, 9:16, 10:19, 10:27, 11:3, 14:6, 14:23, 14:39, 17:47, 23:2, 23:5, 25:26, 25:31, 25:33
- 2 Samuel 3:18, 8:6, 8:14, 10:11, 10:19, 14:4, 22:3, 22:4, 22:28, 22:42
- 2 Kings 6:26, 6:27, 13:5, 14:27, 16:7, 19:19, 19:34
- 1 Chronicles 11:14, 16:35, 18:6, 18:13, 19:12, 19:19
- 2 Chronicles 20:9, 32:22
- Nehemiah 9:27
- Job 5:15, 22:29, 26:2, 40:14
- Psalms 3:7, 6:4, 7:1, 7:10, 12:1, 17:7, 18:3, 18:27, 18:41, 20:6, 20:9, 22:21, 28:9, 31:2, 31:16, 33:16, 34:6, 34:18, 36:6, 37:40, 44:3, 44:6, 44:7, 54:1, 55:16, 57:3, 59:2, 60:5, 69:1, 69:35, 71:2, 71:3, 72:4, 72:13, 76:9, 80:3, 80:7, 80:19, 86:2, 86:16, 98:1, 106:8, 106:10, 106:21, 106:47, 107:13, 107:19, 108:6, 109:26, 109:31, 116:6, 118:25, 119:94, 119:117, 119:146, 138:7, 145:19
- Proverbs 20:22, 28:18
- Isaiah 19:20, 25:9, 30:15, 33:22, 35:4, 37:20, 37:35, 38:20, 43:3, 43:11, 43:12, 45:15, 45:17, 45:20, 45:21, 45:22, 46:7, 47:13, 47:15, 49:25, 49:26, 59:1, 59:16, 60:16, 63:1, 63:5, 63:8, 63:9, 64:5
- Jeremiah 2:27, 2:28, 4:14, 8:20, 11:12, 14:8, 14:9, 15:20, 17:14, 23:6, 30:7, 30:10, 30:11, 31:7, 33:16, 42:11, 46:27
- Lamentations 4:17
- Ezekiel 34:22, 36:29, 37:23
- Hosea 1:7, 13:4, 13:10, 14:3
- Obadiah 1:21
- Habakkuk 1:2
- Zephaniah 3:17, 3:19
- Zechariah 8:7, 8:13, 9:9, 9:16, 10:6, 12:7
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).