יֶשַׁע
yeshaʻ · yeh'-shah
liberty, deliverance, prosperity
Lexicon
Derivation: or יֵשַׁע; from H3467 (יָשַׁע);
liberty, deliverance, prosperity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: safety, salvation, saving.
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 יֶשַׁע 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
36 occurrences · 36 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of my salvation8 · 22%
- of thy salvation5 · 14%
- of our salvation5 · 14%
- for this is all my salvation1 · 3%
- from safety1 · 3%
- to safety1 · 3%
- him in safety1 · 3%
- with the saving1 · 3%
- of his salvation1 · 3%
- and my salvation1 · 3%
- the salvation1 · 3%
- is my salvation1 · 3%
- us thy salvation1 · 3%
- surely his salvation1 · 3%
- with salvation1 · 3%
- salvation1 · 3%
- my salvation1 · 3%
- of salvation1 · 3%
- behold, thy salvation1 · 3%
- for the salvation1 · 3%
- even for salvation1 · 3%
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.