יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh · yesh-oo'-aw
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H3467 (יָשַׁע);
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance
- hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְשׁוּעָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
78 occurrences · 78 OT · 0 NT · 59 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- salvation8 · 14%
- of salvation7 · 12%
- the salvation6 · 10%
- in thy salvation5 · 9%
- his salvation3 · 5%
- and my salvation3 · 5%
- of my salvation3 · 5%
- for thy salvation3 · 5%
- thy salvation2 · 3%
- in his salvation2 · 3%
- him, who is the health2 · 3%
- and he is become my salvation1 · 2%
- of his salvation1 · 2%
- for me, then thou shalt help1 · 2%
- he also shall be my salvation1 · 2%
- and my welfare1 · 2%
- there is no help1 · 2%
- deliverance1 · 2%
- and in thy salvation1 · 2%
- from helping1 · 2%
- and he is the saving1 · 2%
- i am thy salvation1 · 2%
- him for the help1 · 2%
- deliverances1 · 2%
- from him cometh my salvation1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.