Yâshaʻ — H3467

Definition

verb

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

1. to save, be saved, be delivered
1. (Niphal)
1. to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
2. to be saved (in battle), be victorious
2. (Hiphil)
1. to save, deliver
2. to save from moral troubles
3. to give victory to

Usually translated as

save, help, deliver, salvation, avenging, deliverer, defend, rescue, be safe, get victory, at all, preserve, bring, saviour

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• amýnomai (G292)
• boēthéō (G997)
• boēthós (G998)
• diasṓzō (G1295)
• eisakoúō (G1522)
• exairéō (G1807)
• poiéō (G4160)
• rhýomai (G4506)
• sṓzō (G4982)
• sōtḗr (G4990)
• hōsanná (G5614)

Occurrences

Yâshaʻ occurs 202 times in 195 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (5), Joshua (2), Judges (20), 1 Samuel (15), 2 Samuel (10), 2 Kings (7), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1), Job (4), Psalms (56), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (28), Jeremiah (17), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (3), Obadiah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (2), Zechariah (6)

• Exodus 2:17 — And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped (וַיּ֣וֹשִׁעָ֔ן) them, and watered their flock.
• Exodus 14:30 — Thus the LORD saved (וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע) Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
• Numbers 10:9 — And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved (וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֖ם) from your enemies.
• Deuteronomy 20:4 — For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save (לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) you.
• Deuteronomy 22:27 — For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save (מוֹשִׁ֖יעַ) her.
• Deuteronomy 28:29 — And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save (מוֹשִֽׁיעַ) thee.
• Deuteronomy 28:31 — Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue (מוֹשִֽׁיעַ) them.
• Deuteronomy 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved (נוֹשַׁ֣ע) by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Joshua 10:6 — And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save (וְהוֹשִׁ֤יעָה) us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
• Joshua 22:22 — The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save (תּוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נוּ) us not this day,)
• Judges 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered (וַיּ֣וֹשִׁיע֔וּם) them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
• Judges 2:18 — And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered (וְהֽוֹשִׁיעָם֙) them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
• Judges 3:9 — And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer (מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ) to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
• Judges 3:9 — And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered (וַיּֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ם) them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.
• Judges 3:15 — But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer (מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ), Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
• Judges 3:31 — And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered (וַיֹּ֥שַׁע) Israel.
• Judges 6:14 — And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save (וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֥) Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
• Judges 6:15 — And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save (אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ) Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
• Judges 6:31 — And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save (תּוֹשִׁיע֣וּן) him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.
• Judges 6:36 — And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save (מוֹשִׁ֧יעַ) Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
• Judges 6:37 — Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save (תוֹשִׁ֧יעַ) Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
• Judges 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved (הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה) me.
• Judges 7:7 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save (אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ) you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
• Judges 8:22 — Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered (הוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖נוּ) us from the hand of Midian.
• Judges 10:1 — And after Abimelech there arose to defend (לְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ) Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
• Judges 10:12 — The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered (וָאוֹשִׁ֥יעָה) you out of their hand.
• Judges 10:13 — Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver (לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) you no more.
• Judges 10:14 — Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver (יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ) you in the time of your tribulation.
• Judges 12:2 — And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered (הוֹשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם) me not out of their hands.
• Judges 12:3 — And when I saw that ye delivered (מוֹשִׁ֗יע) me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
• Judges 13:5 — For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver (לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 4:3 — And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save (וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ) us out of the hand of our enemies.
• 1 Samuel 7:8 — And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save (וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ) us out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 9:16 — To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save (וְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
• 1 Samuel 10:19 — And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved (מוֹשִׁ֣יעַ) you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
• 1 Samuel 10:27 — But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save (יֹּשִׁעֵ֙נוּ֙) us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
• 1 Samuel 11:3 — And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save (מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ) us, we will come out to thee.
• 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save (לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) by many or by few.
• 1 Samuel 14:23 — So the LORD saved (וַיּ֧וֹשַׁע) Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
• 1 Samuel 14:39 — For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth (הַמּוֹשִׁ֙יעַ֙) Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
• 1 Samuel 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth (יְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ) not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
• 1 Samuel 23:2 — Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save (וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖) Keilah.
• 1 Samuel 23:5 — So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved (וַיֹּ֣שַׁע) the inhabitants of Keilah.
• 1 Samuel 25:26 — Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging (וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ) thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• 1 Samuel 25:31 — That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged (וּלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ) himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
• 1 Samuel 25:33 — And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging (וְהֹשֵׁ֥עַ) myself with mine own hand.
• 2 Samuel 3:18 — Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save (הוֹשִׁ֜יעַ) my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
• 2 Samuel 8:6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved (וַיֹּ֤שַׁע) David whithersoever he went.
• 2 Samuel 8:14 — And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved (וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע) David whithersoever he went.
• 2 Samuel 10:11 — And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help (לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַֽ) thee.