תְּשׁוּעָה
salvation
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
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).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 20 times (59%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 14 times (41%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 34 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H8668 appears — 32 distinct verses across 11 books. 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.
Judges 1 verse
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 11:9 תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה n c fs They said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance. The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- 1 Samuel 11:13 תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה n c fs Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 19:5 תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה n c fs for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 19:2 הַ/תְּשֻׁעָ֜ה ptcl def.art + n c fs The victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people; for the people heard say that day, The king grieves for his son.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה n c fs He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
- 2 Samuel 23:12 תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה n c fs But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 5:1 תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה n c fs Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.
- 2 Kings 13:17 תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה תְּשׁוּעָ֣ה n c fs n c fs He said, Open the window eastward; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot; and he shot. He said, Yahweh's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.
1 Chronicles 2 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:14 תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה n c fs They stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh saved them by a great victory.
- 1 Chronicles 19:12 לִ/תְשׁוּעָ֑ה prep + n c fs He said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will help you.
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Psalms 13 verses
- Psalms 33:17 לִ/תְשׁוּעָ֑ה prep + n c fs A horse is a vain thing for safety, Neither does he deliver any by his great power.
- Psalms 37:39 וּ/תְשׁוּעַ֣ת conj + n c fs cs But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh. He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
- Psalms 38:22 תְּשׁוּעָתִֽ/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
- Psalms 40:10 וּ/תְשׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֣ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Psalms 40:16 תְּשׁוּעָתֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!"
- Psalms 51:14 תְּשׁוּעָתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.
- Psalms 60:11 תְּשׁוּעַ֥ת n c fs cs Give us help against the adversary, For the help of man is vain.
- Psalms 71:15 תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms My mouth will tell about your righteousness, And of your salvation all day, Though I don't know its full measure.
- Psalms 108:12 תְּשׁוּעַ֥ת n c fs cs Give us help against the enemy, For the help of man is vain.
- Psalms 119:41 תְּ֝שֽׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֗ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Let your loving kindness also come to me, Yahweh, Your salvation, according to your word.
- Psalms 119:81 לִ/תְשׁוּעָתְ/ךָ֣ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Psalms 144:10 תְּשׁוּעָ֗ה n c fs You are he who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
- Psalms 146:3 תְשׁוּעָֽה n c fs Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 11:14 וּ֝/תְשׁוּעָ֗ה conj + n c fs Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, But in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
- Proverbs 21:31 הַ/תְּשׁוּעָֽה ptcl def.art + n c fs The horse is prepared for the day of battle; But victory is with Yahweh.
- Proverbs 24:6 וּ֝/תְשׁוּעָ֗ה conj + n c fs For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 45:17 תְּשׁוּעַ֖ת n c fs cs [But] Israel shall be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be disappointed nor confounded world without end.
- Isaiah 46:13 וּ/תְשׁוּעָתִ֖/י תְּשׁוּעָ֔ה conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c fs I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not wait; and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Lamentations 1 verse
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, תשועה (tᵉshûwʻâh) means “salvation.” It first appears in Judges 15:18. It turns up in 32 verses across 11 books, a moderately common footprint. The word gravitates to Psalms (41%), then 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. Dig into 32-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8668 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 →
- 32
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 32 distinct verses.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,041
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,041 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 32 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 32 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 20 verses · 63%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 12 verses · 38%
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 16×, Deliverance 5×, Victory 3×
- American Standard Version: Salvation 11×, Victory 9×, Deliverance 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Salvation 16×, Victory 10×, Deliverance 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Salvation 22×, Salvation of 4×, Deliverance 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8668 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 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 H8668 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 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 H8668 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 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 H8668 across 36 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 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 2 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. deliverance, usually by God, through human agency, especially from oppression 1 S 11:9, and in battle 1 Ch 19:12 (הוֹשׁיע in ‖ cl.), = victory Ju 15:18 (נָתַתָּ ת׳ בְּיַד וגו׳), 2 K 5:1, עשׂה ת׳ י׳ 1 S 11:13 י׳ wrought a great victory, so 19:5 2 S 19:3; 23:10, 12; 1 Ch 11:14 (as acc. cogn. after הושׁיע), Pr 21:31 ψ 33:17 (נושׁע in ‖ v 16); הַנּוֹתֵן ת׳ למלכים 144:10; so in phr. חֵץ־ת׳ ליהוה 2 K 13:17, חֵץ־ת׳ בַּאֲרָם v 17; of national deliverance, from exile, נוֹשַׁע יִשְׂרָאֵל ת׳ עולמים Is 45:17 (DaSynt. § 67 b), 46:13 (‖ צְדָקָה), v 13 (c. נתן; ‖ תִּפְאֶרֶת); in gen. of national success and prosperity Je 3:23 Pr 11:14 = 24:6; of deliverance from personal trouble ψ 37:39 La 3:26 (תְּשׁוּעַת י׳), or of national deliverance under fig. of personal ψ 40:11 (‖ אֱמוּנָֽתְךָ), v 17; 71:15 (‖ צְדָקָה), so י׳ תְּשׁוּעְתִי 38:23; contrasted with י׳’s deliverance is תְּשׁוּעַת אָדָם deliverance of (through) man ψ 60:13 = 108:13, cf. 146:3 e.g. 1 Samuel 11:9
- 2. more exclusively spiritual in sense, = salvation, appear to be אֱלֹהֵי תְשׁוּעָתִי ψ 51:16, 119:41 (‖ חֲסָדֶךָ), v 81, and כֹּהֲנֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ ת׳ 2 Ch 6:41 (from כהניה אלבישׁ יֵשַׁע ψ 132:16). e.g. Psalms 51:16
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
(†תְּשֻׁעָה 2 S 19:3) n.f. deliverance, salvation = יְשׁוּעָה (formed by false anal., as if from √ שׁוע, in sense of ישׁע; most assign it to שׁוע, but no sufficient evidence for existence of such a √; cf. Köii. 200)—abs. ת׳ 1 S 11:9 + 19 times; cstr. Je 3:23 + 5 times; sf. תְּשׁוּעָתִי Is 46:13 + 2 times; תְּשׁוּעָֽתְךָ ψ 40:11 + 2 times; תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ v 17; 71:15;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שוע (shâvaʻ) (H7768) — to cry out.
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.
תְּשׁוּעָה
- help, salvation. Ex. R. s. 18, end ביום שעשיתי לכם ת׳ וכ׳ on the anniversary of the day on which I wrought salvation for you (on the fourteenth of Nisan), and in that very night. Ex. R. s. 19, end ועשה להם ת׳ and he saved them; a. e.
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 25 distinct written forms H8668 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.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8668, 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.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 25 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 32 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
- Judges 15:18
- 1 Samuel 11:9
- 2 Samuel 19:2
- 2 Kings 5:1
- 1 Chronicles 11:14
- 2 Chronicles 6:41
- Psalms 33:17
- Proverbs 11:14
- Isaiah 45:17
- Jeremiah 3:23
- Lamentations 3:26
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.
