yēšaʿ (יֵשַׁע) — Hebrew word meaning “deliverance”

יֵשַׁע

yēšaʿ

deliverance

Strong's H3468NounHebrewTWOT 929a

יֵשַׁע (yēšaʿ) is a Hebrew noun meaning deliverance. It appears 36 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3468).

Also rendered

salvation

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 929a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 929a)deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare; prosperity; victory; liberty; saving

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יֵ֫שַׁע noun, masculine: deliverance, rescue, salvation, safety, welfare

1.safety, welfare, prosperity
2.salvation, i.e. primarily physical rescue, by God, often with added spiritual idea
3.victory

Strong's H3468 יֶשַׁע: liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV:safety, salvation, saving.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 929: יָשַׁע yāšaʿ — deliver; be liberated, saved, placed in freedom, victorious; give width and breadth to, liberate, save from moral troubles, give victory to; be open, wide, free, be safe, succor; avenging, defend, deliverer, help, preserve, rescue…

See it in Scripture

2 Samuel 22:3 1 Chronicles 16:35 Job 5:4

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