Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Traditional renderings: × at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Traditional renderings: × at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָשַׁע:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
205 total
- Isaiah 45:17נוֹשַׁ֣ע · will be savedBut Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Isaiah 45:20יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ · saveCome, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
- Isaiah 45:21וּמוֹשִׁ֔יעַ · and SaviorSpeak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Isaiah 45:22וְהִוָּשְׁע֖וּ · and be savedTurn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 46:7יוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ׃ס · it savesThey lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
- Isaiah 47:13וְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְ · and save youYou are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
- Isaiah 47:15מוֹשִׁיעֵֽךְ׃ס · can save youThis is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.
- Isaiah 49:25אוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ · will saveIndeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
- Isaiah 49:26מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔ךְ · am your SaviorI will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- Isaiah 59:1מֵֽהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ · to saveSurely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
- Isaiah 59:16וַתּ֤וֹשַֽׁע · brought salvationHe saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
- Isaiah 60:16מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔ךְ · am your SaviorYou will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 63:1לְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ · to saveWho is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- Isaiah 63:5וַתּ֤וֹשַֽׁע · brought Me salvationI looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Isaiah 63:8לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ · SaviorFor He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
- Isaiah 63:9הֽוֹשִׁיעָ֔ם · saved themIn all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Isaiah 64:5וְנִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ · How can we be savedYou welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
- Jeremiah 2:27וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ׃ · and save us…say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Jeremiah 2:28יוֹשִׁיע֖וּךָ · and save youBut where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
- Jeremiah 4:14תִּוָּשֵׁ֑עִי · you may be savedWash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 8:20נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃ · been saved“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
- Jeremiah 11:12וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ · save; יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּThen the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
- Jeremiah 14:8מֽוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ · its SaviorO Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
- Jeremiah 14:9לְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ · to saveWhy are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
- Jeremiah 15:20לְהוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֥ · to saveThen I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 17:14הוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נִי · save me; וְאִוָּשֵׁ֑עָה · and I will be savedHeal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
- Jeremiah 23:6תִּוָּשַׁ֣ע · will be savedIn His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Jeremiah 30:7יִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ · but he will be savedHow awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- Jeremiah 30:10מוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֙ · I will surely save youAs for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Jeremiah 30:11לְהֽוֹשִׁיעֶ֑ךָ · to save youFor I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
- Jeremiah 31:7הוֹשַׁ֤ע · saveFor this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- Jeremiah 33:16תִּוָּשַׁ֣ע · will be savedIn those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Jeremiah 42:11לְהוֹשִׁ֧יעַ · you to saveDo not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
- Jeremiah 46:27מוֹשִֽׁעֲךָ֙ · I will surely save youBut you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- Lamentations 4:17יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃ס · save usAll the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
- Ezekiel 34:22וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י · I will saveI will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
- Ezekiel 36:29וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י · I will saveI will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
- Ezekiel 37:23וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י · I will saveThey will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Hosea 1:7וְהֽוֹשַׁעְתִּ֖ים · and I will save them; אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֗םYet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Hosea 13:4וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ · SaviorYet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Hosea 13:10וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ · to save youWhere is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
- Hosea 14:3יוֹשִׁיעֵ֗נוּ · save usAssyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”
- Obadiah 1:21מֽוֹשִׁעִים֙ · The deliverersThe deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.
- Habakkuk 1:2תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ · saveHow long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
- Zephaniah 3:17יוֹשִׁ֑יעַ · to saveThe LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Zephaniah 3:19וְהוֹשַׁעְתִּ֣י · I will saveBehold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Zechariah 8:7מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ · I will saveThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.