תְּשׁוּעָהtᵉshûwʻâh

deliverance, salvation

Pronunciation: tesh-oo-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8668

Meanings

1. deliverance, usually by God, through human agency (1 Samuel 11:9; 1 Chronicles 19:12; Judges 15:18)

2. salvation, more exclusively spiritual in sense, = (Psalms 51:16; Psalms 119:41; Psalms 51:81)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 34 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 15:18 Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the Lord, “You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans?”
  • 1 Samuel 11:9 So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!
  • 1 Samuel 11:13 But Saul replied, “No one will be executed today, for today the Lord has rescued Israel!”
  • 1 Samuel 19:5 Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the Lord brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”
  • 2 Samuel 19:2 As all the people heard of the king’s deep grief for his son, the joy of that day’s victory was turned into deep sadness.
  • 2 Samuel 23:10 He killed Philistines until his hand was too tired to lift his sword, and the Lord gave him a great victory that day. The rest of the army did not return until it was time to collect the plunder!
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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).