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יְשׁוּעָה

salvation

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H3444 Strong's Hebrew
yᵉshûwʻâh Transliteration
/yesh-oo'-aw/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 77 appearances

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About this entry

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

At its core, ישועה (yᵉshûwʻâh) means “salvation.” The word gravitates to Psalms (59%), then Isaiah and Exodus. It appears 76 verses across 12 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 49:18. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
deliverance
Modern gloss
salvation
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's H3444 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

76
distinct verses
The word appears in 76 distinct verses.
12 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 12 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 49:18
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 49:18.
Habakkuk 3:8
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Habakkuk 3:8.
#519
by frequency
Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 519 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 76 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 4 · 5%
  • Historical 5 · 7%
  • Wisdom 47 · 62%
  • Prophets 20 · 26%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 76 distinct verses.

  • Writings (Ketuvim) 49 verses · 64%
  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 23 verses · 30%
  • Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 5%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Salvation 54×, Is the health 2×
  • American Standard Version: Salvation 50×, Deliverance 3×, He is become my salvation 2×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Salvation 65×, Savior 2×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Salvation 57×, Salvation of 10×, Is my salvation 2×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H3444 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Salvation” 54×
  • “Is the health” 2×

Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H3444 across 77 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Salvation” 50×
  • “Deliverance” 3×
  • “He is become my salvation” 2×
  • “Him” 2×

Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H3444 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Salvation” 65×
  • “Savior” 2×

Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H3444 across 79 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Salvation” 57×
  • “Salvation of” 10×
  • “Is my salvation” 2×

Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


Senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 4 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

  • 1. welfare, prosperity: כעב עברה ישׁעתי Jb 30:15 as a cloud my prosperity passed away. e.g. Job 30:15
  • 2. deliverance: והיתה לי לישׁועה and thou wilt be to me for deliverance 2 S 10:11 = 1 Ch 19:12. e.g. 2 Samuel 10:11
  • 3. salvation by God, primarily from external evils, but often with added spiritual idea: Gn 49:18 (poem), Is 33:2; 52:7, 10; 59:11; 60:18; Jon 2:10 ψ 3:3, 9; 14:7 = 53:7, 22:2; 35:3; 62:2; 69:30; 70:5 (= תשׁועה 40:17), 78:22; 80:3; 91:16; 96:2 = 1 Ch 16:23, 106:4; 140:8; Jb 13:16; with verbs of rejoicing בישׁועה 1 S 2:1; Is 25:9 ψ 9:15; 13:6; 35:9; יְשׁוּעָה יָשִׁית חוֹמוֹת Is 26:1 salvation will he set as walls; cf. phr. אֱלֹהֵי ישׁ׳ ψ 88:2, אֵל ישׁ׳ Is 12:2, צוּר ישׁ׳ Dt 32:15 (song), ψ 89:27, cf. צוּרִי וִישׁוּעָתִי 62:3, 7; יוֹם ישׁ׳ Is 49:8; מַעַיְנֵי הישׁ׳ 12:3 wells of salvation; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת (intensive), of י׳: יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנַי ψ 42:6 the salvation of my face (person; פניו MT error, פני 𝔊 𝔖), v 12 43:5; כּוֹס ישׁועות 116:13 cup commemorating saving acts (of drink-offering); further ψ 119:123, 155, 166, 174; ‖ צְדָקָה Is 51:6, 8; 56:1; 62:1 ψ 98:2, 3; יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ Is 49:6 my salvation unto the ends of the earth; בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם יְשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 67:3 among all nations thy salvation. e.g. Genesis 49:18
  • 4. victory: c. עָשָׂה work victory 1 S 14:45; Is 26:18; elsewhere of victories wrought by Yahweh for his people Ex 15:2 (song) Is 12:2; Hb 3:8 ψ 20:6; 21:2, 6; 44:5; 68:20; 118:14, 15, 21; phrases: פעל יְשׁוּעוֹת do victories 74:12; חֹסֶן יְשׁוּעֹת Is 33:6 store of victories; מִגְדּוֹל יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 Qr tower of victories (Kt מַגְדִּיל and so ‖ ψ 18:51); מָעוֹז יְשׁוּעוֹת ψ 28:8 stronghold of victories; רְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת י׳ Ex 14:13 (J) see the victory of Yahweh, 2 Ch 20:17; כּוֹבַע יְשׁוּעָה Is 59:17 helmet of victory; יְפָאֵר עֲנָוִים בִּישׁוּעָה ψ 149:4 he will beautify the meek with victory.—Cf. the syn. תְּשׁוּעָה, infr. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:45

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

n.f. salvation;—יְשׁ׳ ψ 119:155 + 18 times; יְשׁוּעָ֫תָה 3:3 Jon 2:10; יְשֻׁעָ֫תָה ψ 80:3; cstr. יְשׁוּעַת Ex 14:13 + 4 times; sf. יְשֻׁעָתִי Jb 30:15; יְשׁוּעָתִי ψ 62:2 + 12 times, + 25 times sfs.; pl. יְשׁוּעוֹת 2 S 22:51 + 6 times; יְשׁוּעֹת ψ 42:12 + 3 times; יְשֻׁעוֹת 53:7;—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from ישע (yâshaʻ) (H3467) — to save.

Part of speech: Noun Feminine TWOT: 929b


Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

יְשׁוּעָה

  • redemption, help. Midr. Till. to Ps. XIV; Lev. R. s. 24; M. Kat. 5ᵃ יְשׁוּעָתוֹ של חקב"ה the salvation by the Lord; a. fr.

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.


Forms in the corpus

The 59 distinct written forms H3444 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
יְשׁוּע֥וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct Psalms 42:5 3
בִּ/ישׁוּעָתֶֽ/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 1 Samuel 2:1 3
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָֽה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 12:2 3
בִּ/ישׁוּעָתֽ/וֹ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 25:9 2
וִֽ/ישׁוּעָתִ֑/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 62:2 2
יְשׁוּעַ֥ת Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 52:10 2
יְשׁוּעָ֑ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 52:7 2
יְשׁוּעָ֖ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 49:8 2
יְשׁוּעָתִ֑/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 88:1 2
יְשׁוּעָתִֽ/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 62:1 2
יְשׁוּעָתֶֽ/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 67:2 2
יְשׁוּעָתֽ/וֹ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 1 Chronicles 16:23 2
יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct Psalms 42:11 2
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֑ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Exodus 15:2 2
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֣ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 119:166 2
בִּ/ישׁוּעָֽה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Psalms 149:4 1
בִּ/ישׁוּעָתֶ֑/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 21:5 1
בִּ֘/ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 20:5 1
בִּֽ/ישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 13:5 1
בִּֽ/ישׁוּעָתִֽ/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 91:16 1
בִּֽ/ישׁוּעָתֽ/וֹ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 78:22 1
הַ/יְשׁוּעָ֑ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Psalms 3:8 1
הַ/יְשׁוּעָ֨ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 1 Samuel 14:45 1
הַ/יְשׁוּעָֽה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 12:3 1
וִ/ישֽׁוּעָתִ/י֙ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 51:6 1
וִ/ישׁוּעָתִ֖/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 51:8 1
וִ/ישׁוּעָתָ֖/הּ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 62:1 1
וִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֗ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Psalms 118:15 1
וּ֝/בִ/ישׁ֥וּעָתְ/ךָ֗ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 21:1 1
יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute Psalms 74:12 1
יְֽשֻׁעָתֵ֥/ךְ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 35:3 1
יְֽשׁוּעָ֓תָ/ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Psalms 3:2 1
יְֽשׁוּעָתֵ֬/נוּ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 68:19 1
יְשֻׁע֪וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct Psalms 53:6 1
יְשֻׁעָתִֽ/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Job 30:15 1
יְשֻׁעָתֽ/וֹ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Deuteronomy 32:15 1
יְשֽׁוּעָתִ/י֙ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 56:1 1
יְשׁוּע֖וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct Psalms 28:8 1
יְשׁוּע֣וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct 2 Samuel 22:51 1
יְשׁוּע֪וֹת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct Psalms 18:50 1
יְשׁוּעַ֣ת Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Exodus 14:13 1
יְשׁוּעַ֪ת Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 14:7 1
יְשׁוּעַת֩ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 2 Chronicles 20:17 1
יְשׁוּעָ֖תָ/ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Jonah 2:9 1
יְשׁוּעָ֥ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 26:1 1
יְשׁוּעָֽה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Habakkuk 3:8 1
יְשׁוּעָה֙ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 60:18 1
יְשׁוּעָת֑/וֹ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 98:2 1
יְשׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֖ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 69:29 1
יְשׁוּעָתִ֖/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 49:6 1
יְשׁוּעָתִ֛/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 12:2 1
יְשׁוּעָתֵ֖/נוּ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Isaiah 33:2 1
יְשׁוּעֹ֖ת Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute Isaiah 33:6 1
יְשׁוּעֹת֙ Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute Isaiah 26:18 1
לִ/ישֻׁעָ֣תָ/ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Psalms 80:2 1
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָ֖ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 59:11 1
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֖ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Genesis 49:18 1
לִֽ/ישׁוּעָתֶ֑/ךָ Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 119:123 1
מִֽ֝/ישׁוּעָתִ֗/י Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct Psalms 22:1 1

Same root — word family

Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3444, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

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Septuagint verse parallels

This word appears in 64 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 76 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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