תְּשׁוּעָה
tᵉshûwʻâh · tesh-oo-aw'
rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּשֻׁעָה; from H7768 (שָׁוַע) in the sense of H3467 (יָשַׁע);
rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign 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 תְּשׁוּעָה 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- salvation5 · 15%
- deliverance4 · 12%
- victory2 · 6%
- and thy salvation2 · 6%
- is the help2 · 6%
- there is safety2 · 6%
- ye shall have help1 · 3%
- and the victory1 · 3%
- of deliverance1 · 3%
- for me, then thou shalt help1 · 3%
- with salvation1 · 3%
- for safety1 · 3%
- but the salvation1 · 3%
- my salvation1 · 3%
- thy salvation1 · 3%
- of my salvation1 · 3%
- even thy salvation1 · 3%
- for thy salvation1 · 3%
- in whom there is no help1 · 3%
- but safety1 · 3%
- and my salvation1 · 3%
- is the salvation1 · 3%
- for the salvation1 · 3%
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.