יָשַׁע
to save
also: be saved, be delivered fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘deliver’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be liberated’
Form
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H3467 appears in the Book of Isaiah — 29 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 19:20 מוֹשִׁ֥יעַ Hiphil ptcp.act ms It shall be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior, and a defender, and he will deliver them.
- Isaiah 25:9 וְ/יֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑/נוּ conj + Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp It shall be said in that day, Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Yahweh; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
- Isaiah 30:15 תִּוָּ֣שֵׁע֔וּ/ן Niphal impf 2mp + sfx n For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. You would not:
- Isaiah 33:22 יוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/נוּ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp For Yahweh is our judge, Yahweh is our lawgiver, Yahweh is our king; he will save us.
- Isaiah 35:4 וְ/יֹשַׁעֲ/כֶֽם conj + Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 2mp Tell those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, don't be afraid: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God; he will come and save you.
- Isaiah 37:20 הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖/נוּ Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cp Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.
- Isaiah 37:35 לְ/הֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑/הּ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- Isaiah 38:20 לְ/הוֹשִׁיעֵ֑/נִי prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Yahweh.
- Isaiah 43:3 מוֹשִׁיעֶ֑/ךָ Hiphil ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2ms For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Isaiah 43:11 מוֹשִֽׁיעַ Hiphil ptcp.act ms I, even I, am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- Isaiah 43:12 וְ/הוֹשַׁ֨עְתִּי֙ conj + Hiphil pf 1cs I have declared, and I have saved, and I have shown; and there was no strange [god] among you: therefore you are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and I am God.
- Isaiah 45:15 מוֹשִֽׁיעַ Hiphil ptcp.act ms Most assuredly you are a God who hid yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.'
- Isaiah 45:17 נוֹשַׁ֣ע Niphal pf 3ms [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.
- Isaiah 45:20 יוֹשִֽׁיעַ Hiphil impf 3ms Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations: they have no knowledge who carry the wood of their engraved image, and pray to a god that can't save.
- Isaiah 45:21 וּ/מוֹשִׁ֔יעַ conj + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? Haven't I, Yahweh? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
- Isaiah 45:22 וְ/הִוָּשְׁע֖וּ conj + Niphal impv 2mp Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
- Isaiah 46:7 יוֹשִׁיעֶֽ/נּוּ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Isaiah 47:13 וְ/יוֹשִׁיעֻ֜/ךְ conj + Hiphil juss 3mp + sfx pers 2fs You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
- Isaiah 47:15 מוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/ךְ Hiphil ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus shall the things be to you in which you have labored: those who have trafficked with you from your youth shall wander everyone to his quarter; there shall be none to save you.
- Isaiah 49:25 אוֹשִֽׁיעַ Hiphil impf 1cs But thus says Yahweh, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
- Isaiah 49:26 מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔/ךְ Hiphil ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2fs I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 59:1 מֵֽ/הוֹשִׁ֑יעַ prep + Hiphil inf.cs Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; neither his ear heavy, that it can't hear:
- Isaiah 59:16 וַ/תּ֤וֹשַֽׁע conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
- Isaiah 60:16 מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔/ךְ Hiphil ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 2fs You shall also suck the milk of the nations, and shall suck the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 63:1 לְ/הוֹשִֽׁיעַ prep + Hiphil inf.cs Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Isaiah 63:5 וַ/תּ֤וֹשַֽׁע conj + Hiphil wimpf 3fs I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
- Isaiah 63:8 לְ/מוֹשִֽׁיעַ prep + Hiphil ptcp.act ms For he said, Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely: so he was their Savior.
- Isaiah 63:9 הֽוֹשִׁיעָ֔/ם Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 64:5 וְ/נִוָּשֵֽׁעַ conj + Niphal impf 1cp You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
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, ישע (yâshaʻ) means “to save.” It first appears in Exodus 2:17. It turns up in 198 verses across 23 books, a common footprint. The word gravitates to Psalms (29%), then Isaiah and Judges. Read the stem: it spans 2 stems, including Niphal and Hiphil. Dig into 198-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3467 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 →
- 198
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 198 distinct verses.
- 23 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 23 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #232
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 232 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 198 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
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 198 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 117 verses · 59%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 73 verses · 37%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 8 verses · 4%
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: Save 43×, Saved 10×, Saviour 8×
- American Standard Version: Save 44×, Saved 10×, Saviour 10×
- Berean Standard Bible: Save 27×, Save me 17×, Save us 13×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Save 34×, Save me 18×, Saved 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3467 across 205 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 65 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 H3467 across 204 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 64 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 H3467 across 203 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 48 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3467 across 238 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 64 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
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 12 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.
Niphal
- Pf. 3 m. נוֹשַׁע Dt 33:29; Is 45:17; 2 pl. נוֹשַׁעְתֶּם Nu 10:9; 1 pl. נוֹשָׁ֑עְנוּ Je 8:20; Impf. 3 ms. יִוָּשֵׁעַ Je 30:7; Pr 28:18 + 1 S 14:47 (for MT יַרְשִׁיעַ) 𝔊 We Klo Dr Kit Bu; 3 fs. תִּוָּשַׁע Je 23:6; 33:16; אִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה ψ 119:117 Je 17:14 + 8 times Impf.; Imv. pl. הִוָּֽשְׁעוּ Is 45:22; Pt. נוֹשָׁע ψ 33:16 Zc 9:9;— e.g. Deuteronomy 33:29
- 1. be liberated, saved (proposes placed in freedom; cf. for the fig. הִרְחִיב, מֶרְחָב), from external evils Pr 28:18, by God Is 30:15; 45:22; 64:4; Je 4:14; 8:20; 17:14; 23:6; 33:16 ψ 80:4, 8, 20; 119:117; with מִן, Je 30:7; מֵאֹיְבִים Nu 10:9 (P), 2 S 22:4 = ψ 18:4. e.g. Proverbs 28:18
- 2. be saved in battle, victorious Zc 9:9 ψ 33:16 + 1 S 14:47 v. supr.; עַם נוֹשַׁע ביהוה Dt 33:29 a people victorious in י׳ (poem), cf. Is 45:17. e.g. Zechariah 9:9
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הוֹשִׁיעַ 1 S 9:16 ψ 20:7; הוֹשִׁעַ Zc 12:7; sf. הוֹשִׁיעוֹ ψ 34:7; 1 s. הוֹשַׁעְתִּי Is 43:12 + 4 times, + 14 times Pf.; Impf. יְהוֹשִׁיעַ 1 S 17:47 (v. Dr) ψ 116:6; יוֹשִׁיעַ Is 45:20 + 6 times; וְישַׁע (juss.) Pr 20:22; וַיּוֹשַׁע Ex 14:30 + 7 times; וַיּשַׁע 1 S 23:5 + 2 times; sf. יוֹשִׁיעֲךָ Ho 13:10; יוֹשִׁיעֶנּוּ Is 46:7; ישִׁעֵנוּ 1 S 10:27; ישַׁעֲכֶם Is 35:4 (juss., Dr§ 47. n. 4), etc.; Imv. הוֹשַׁע Je 31:7 ψ 86:2; הוֹשִׁיעָה 2 K 6:26 + 8 times; הוֹשִׁעָה 2 S 14:4 + 19 times Imv.; Inf. abs. הוֹשֵׁעַ 1 S 25:26 + 2 times; cstr. הוֹשִׁיעַ 1 S 14:6 + 14 times + 2 S 3:18 (where read אוֹשִׁיעַ Vrss. Ke We Klo Dr Bu al.), + 7 times Inf.; Pt. מוֹשִׁיעַ Dt 22:27 + 21 times; sf. מוֹשִׁיעָם ψ 106:21 + 8 times sf.; pl. מוֹשִׁיעִים Ob 21 Ne 9:27;— e.g. 1 Samuel 9:16
- 1. deliver, save (proposes give width and breadth to, liberate), in peril, c. acc. pers. vel loc. Ex 2:17 (E) Ju 6:31; 1 S 23:2, 5; 2 S 10:19 = 1 Ch 19:19, 2 K 6:27(×2) ψ 36:7; 72:13 Jb 26:2; with לְ pers. Jos 10:6 (E) Dt 22:27; Ju 10:14; 2 S 10:11 = 1 Ch 19:12 (with acc.), Je 11:12(×2) ψ 72:4; 116:6; abs. הוֹשִׁיעָה הַמֶּלֶךְ Help, O king 2 S 14:4; 2 K 6:26. Specif. save, from evils and troubles: e.g. Exodus 2:17
- a. of heroic men, saving the nation in war Ju 3:31; 6:15; 10:1; 1 S 10:27; Ho 13:10 Je 14:9; these are named מוֹשִׁיעַ saviour Ju 3:9, 15; 2 K 13:5; Is 19:20; Ob 21 Ne 9:27; phr. when they are lacking אֵין מוֹשִׁיעַ Ju 12:3 1 S 11:3; 2 S 22:42 = ψ 18:42, Dt 28:29, 31; Is 47:15; they save מִיַּד from the hand of Ju 2:16; 8:22; 12:2; 13:5 1 S 9:16; Ne 9:27; מכף Ju 6:14; 1 S 4:3; 2 K 16:7. e.g. Judges 3:31
- b. of God, who saves his people from external evils Dt 20:4; Jos 22:22; Ju 3:9; 6:36, 37; 7:7; 10:13; 1 S 14:23, 39; 2 K 14:27; 19:34 = Is 37:35, Is 25:9; 33:22; 35:4; 43:12; 49:25; 63:9; Je 31:7; Ez 34:22; Ho 1:7(×2) Hb 1:2; Zp 3:17, 19; Zc 8:7, 13; 9:16; 10:6; 12:7 ψ 28:9; 69:36; 106:8; 118:25 2 Ch 20:9; or the pious among them Is 38:20; Je 2:27; 17:14 ψ 3:8; 6:5; 7:2; 31:17; 54:3; 55:17; 57:4; 69:2; 71:2, 3; 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 109:26; 119:94, 146; 138:7; Pr 20:22; the king ψ 20:7, 10; David 2 S 8:6, 14; 1 Ch 18:6, 13; thy servant ψ 86:2, 16; חסיד 12:2; דַּכְּאֵי־רוּחַ 34:19; צדיקים 37:40; חוֹסִים 17:7; יראי י׳ 145:19; עם עני 18:28 = 2 S 22:28; עַנְוֵי־אֶרֶץ ψ 76:10; ישׁרי לב 7:11; שַׁח עֵינַיִם Jb 22:29; accordingly God is מוֹשִׁיעַ saviour Is 43:11; 45:15, 21; 63:8; Ho 13:4; מֹשִׁעִי 2 S 22:3; מוֹשִׁיעָם ψ 106:21; מוֹשִׁיעוֹ Je 14:8; מוֹשִׁיעֲךָ Is 43:3; 49:26; 60:16; Je 30:10 = 46:27; is with his people לְהוֹשִׁיעַ Je 15:20; 30:11; 42:11; רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ Is 63:1; בֵּית מְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי ψ 31:3; Isr. prays הוֹשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ O save with thy right hand ψ 60:7 = 108:7, cf. Is 59:1; that from wh. one is saved constr. c. מִן: מִיַּד Ex 14:30 (J) Ju 2:18; 10:12; 1 S 7:8; 2 S 3:18; 2 K 19:19 = Is 37:20, ψ 106:10; 2 Ch 32:22; מֵחָמָס 2 S 22:3; מֵחֶרֶב Jb 5:15; מִכָּל־צָרוֹת ψ 34:7; מִכָּל־רָעוֹת 1 S 10:19; מִצָּרֵינוּ ψ 44:8; מִפִּי אַרְיֵה 22:22; מֹשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֹ 109:31; מֵאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים 59:3; מִמְּצוּקוֹת 107:13, 19. e.g. Deuteronomy 20:4
- c. there is no other salvation, the sword saves not ψ 44:7, or a nation La 4:17, or astrologers Is 47:13, or Asshur Ho 14:4, or other gods Is 45:20; 46:7; Je 2:28. e.g. Psalms 44:7
- 2. save from moral troubles, only in Ez. מִכֹּל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיהֶם (read, with Co Da al., מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶם) 37:23; מִכֹּל טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶם 36:29. e.g. Ezekiel 37:23
- 3. give victory to:
- a. of man, c. לְ pers., give victory to, c. agent subj. יַד Ju 7:2; 1 S 25:26, 33, יַד om. v 31; יָמִין Jb 40:14; זְרוֹעַ ψ 44:4. e.g. Judges 7:2
- b. of God, with לְ pers., subj. יָמִין ψ 98:1; זְרוֹעַ Is 59:16; 63:5; Yahweh 1 Ch 18:6, with acc. v 13; abs. gain victory 1 S 14:6; 17:47; וַיּוֹשַׁע תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֹלָה 1 Ch 11:14. e.g. Psalms 98:1
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
vb. Hiph. deliver; Niph. intrans. and pass. (Arabic وَسِعَ be capacious, ii. make wide, spacious, iv. make sufficient, v. viii. be or live in abundance (v. Dr 1 S 14:45) Ph. n.pr. ישע; Sab. יתֿע (royal epith.), n.pr. אליתֿע, יתֿעאל, עמיתֿע, e.g. MordtZMG 1876, 37; 1893, 409, 416, 417, etc. (yet note strange equiv., תֿ = س); not in Aramaic; MI4 השעני he delivered me, l3 (ב)משע deliverance, Sm and So, (but במת ClGann Dr); n.pr.m. משע l1, also l3 [4] Sm and So, but ישע deliverance, ClGann Dr)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
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.
יָשַׁע
- cmp. preced. wds.) [to be strong, to recover.]
- to assist, help, deliver. Sot. 34ᵇ (ref. to י̇ה̇וש̇ע̇, Num. XIII, 17) י֗ה֗ יוֹשִׁ֗יעֲ֗ךָ וכ׳ Yah save thee from &c. Meg. 14ᵃ עתידה … שיושִׁיעַ וכ׳ my mother shall bear a son who will deliver Israel; Sot. 11ᵇ שמוֹשִׁיעַ. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 4 כשתּוֹשִׁיעֵנִי מאויבי when thou shalt have saved me from my enemies. Snh. 73ᵃ, v. מוֹשִׁיעַ. Ber. IV, 4 הוֹשַׁע וכ׳ help, O Lord &c.; a. fr.—V. הוֹשַׁעְנָא. e.g. Numbers 13:17
- to be saved, released. Midr. Till. l. c. אִוָּשֵׁעַ מן וכ׳ let me be delivered from my enemies, and I shall call the Lord the praised One. Tanḥ. Aḥǎré 12 (ref. to ויושע, Ex. XIV, 30) וַיִוָּשַׁע כתיב כביכול הוא נ׳ it may be read vayivvasha (and he was saved), He, as if it were, was delivered. Ib. בעוה"ז הייתם נוֹשָׁעִים ע"י ב"א in this world (the past) you were delivered through human agencies. e.g. Exodus 14:30
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Forms in the corpus
The 166 distinct written forms H3467 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 106 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3467, 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.
Derived from this word
- ישועה yᵉshûwʻâh H3444 salvation
- ישע yeshaʻ H3468 salvation
- מושעה môwshâʻâh H4190 deliverance
- ωσαννα hōsanná G5614 hosanna
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הושע Hôwshêaʻ H1954 Hosea
- הושעיה Hôwshaʻyâh H1955 Hoshaiah
- ישעי Yishʻîy H3469 Ishi
- ישעיה Yᵉshaʻyâh H3470 Isaiah
- מישע Mêyshâʻ H4337 Mesha
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 176 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 198 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 2:17
- Numbers 10:9
- Deuteronomy 20:4
- Joshua 10:6
- Judges 2:16
- 1 Samuel 4:3
- 2 Samuel 3:18
- 2 Kings 6:26
- 1 Chronicles 11:14
- 2 Chronicles 20:9
- Job 5:15
- Psalms 3:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
