יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ · yaw-shah'
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe
- causatively, to free or succor
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › to see and know
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָשַׁע 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
206 occurrences · 206 OT · 0 NT · 167 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- save20 · 21%
- and save10 · 10%
- to save10 · 10%
- saved8 · 8%
- help4 · 4%
- and we shall be saved4 · 4%
- preserved4 · 4%
- shall be saved3 · 3%
- shall save3 · 3%
- and help2 · 2%
- saveth2 · 2%
- a deliverer2 · 2%
- and from avenging2 · 2%
- so shall i be saved2 · 2%
- am thy saviour2 · 2%
- the saviour2 · 2%
- he will save2 · 2%
- and will save2 · 2%
- and he saved2 · 2%
- and he shall save2 · 2%
- but there was none to save2 · 2%
- brought salvation2 · 2%
- which saveth2 · 2%
- and ye shall be saved1 · 1%
- and helped1 · 1%
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.