יֵשַׁע yesah
Hebrew word for “salvation” · Strong’s H3468 · used 36 times in 35 verses
Meaning
1) deliverance, salvation, rescue, safety, welfare; 1a) safety, welfare, prosperity; 1b) salvation; 1c) victory
How it is translated
Glosses given for yesah in context, with how often each is used:
- salvation 33
- safety 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 20 | 1.0 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 4 | 0.4 | |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Samuel 22 (3), Psalms 18 (3), Psalms 85 (3), Job 5 (2), Psalms 27 (2), Habakkuk 3 (2), 2 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 16 (1), Psalms 12 (1), Psalms 20 (1)
Forms
- ישׁעי 11
- ישׁעך 6
- ישׁענו 5
- ישׁע 5
- בישׁע 2
- ישׁעו 2
- לישׁע 2
- מישׁע 1
- וישׁעי 1
- וישׁעך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yesah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צוּר tsur “rock” 7
- מָגֵן magen “shield” 4
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 3
- צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 3
- מִשְׂגָּב misgav “high refuge” 2
- כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 3
- נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 3
- יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 3
- אֲנִי ani “I” 4
- נִי ni “me” 4
- צָמַח tsamach “to spring” 2
- מָעוֹז maoz “security” 2
Key verses
The verses using yesah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Samuel 22:3 — The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
- 2 Samuel 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all…
- Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
- Psalms 18:2 — The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 27:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Psalms 50:23 — Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
- Psalms 65:5 — By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar…
- Psalms 95:1 — O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- Isaiah 17:10 — Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and…
- Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
- Micah 7:7 — Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
See all 35 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.