King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3444
Transliteration: yeshuah
Phonetic Spelling: (yesh-oo'-aw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: salvation
Meaning: something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity
Word Summary
yeshuah: salvation
Original Word: יְשׁוּעָהTransliteration: yeshuah
Phonetic Spelling: (yesh-oo'-aw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: salvation
Meaning: something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity
Strong's Concordance
deliverance, health, helping, salvation, save, saving health, welfare Feminine passive participle of yasha'; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity -- deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
see HEBREW yasha'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3444. yeshuah
יְשׁוּעָה noun feminine salvation; — ׳יְשׁ Psalm 119:155 18t.; יְשׁוּעָ֫תָה 3:3; Jonah 2:10; יְשֻׁעָ֫תָה Psalm 80:3; construct יְשׁוּעַת Exodus 14:13 4t.; suffix יְשֻׁעָתִי Job 30:15; יְשׁוּעָתִי Psalm 62:2 12t., + 25 t. suffixes; plural יְשׁוּעוֺת 2 Samuel 22:51 6t.; יְשׁוּעֹת 2Sam 42:12 3t.; יְשֻׁעוֺת 2Sam 53:7; —
1 welfare, prosperity: ישׁעתי עברה כעב Job 30:15 as a cloud my prosperity passed away.
2 deliverance: לישׁועה לי והיתה and thou wilt be to me for deliverance 2 Samuel 10:11 = 1 Chronicles 19:12.
3 salvation by God, primarily from external evils, but often with added spiritual idea: Genesis 49:18 (poem), Isaiah 33:2; 52:7, 10; 59:11; 60:18; Jonah 2:10; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 3:9; 14:7 = Psalm 53:7; 22:2; 35:3; 62:2; 69:30; 70:5 ( = תשׁועה 40:17), 78:22; 80:3; 91:16; 96:2 = 1 Chronicles 16:23, Psalm 106:4; 140:8; Job 13:16; with verbs of rejoicing בישׁועה 1 Samuel 2:1; Isaiah 25:9; Psalm 9:15; 13:6; 35:9; חוֺמוֺת יָשִׁית יְשׁועָה Isaiah 26:1 salvation will he set as walls; compare phrase ישׁ ׳אֱלֹהֵי Psalm 88:2, ישׁ ׳אֵל Isaiah 12:2, ישׁ ׳צוּר Deuteronomy 32:15 (song), Psalm 89:27, compare וְישׁוּעָתִי צוּרִי 62:3; 62:7; ישׁ ׳יוֺם Isaiah 49:8; הישׁ ׳מַעַיְנֵי 12:3 wells of salvation; plural יְשׁוּעוֺת (intensive), of ׃י מָּנַי ׳יְשׁוּעוֺת Psalm 42:6; the salvation of my face (person; ᵑ0 פניו error, ᵑ6 ᵐ5 פני), Psalm 42:12; 43:5; ישׁועות כּוֺס 116:13 cup commemorating saving acts (of drink-offering); further 119:123; 119:155; 119:166; 119:174; "" צְדָקָה Isaiah 51:6, 8; 56:1; 62:1; Psalm 98:2; 98:3; הָאָרֶץ עַדקְֿצֵה יְשׁוּעָתִי Isaiah 49:6 my salvation unto the ends of the earth; יְשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ בְּכָלאגּוֺיִם Psalm 67:3 among all nations thy salvation.
4 victory: with עָשָׂה work victory 1 Samuel 14:45; Isaiah 26:18: elsewhere of victories wrought by Yahweh for his people Exodus 15:2 (song) Isaiah 12:2; Habakkuk 3:8; Psalm 20:6; 21:2; 21:6; 44:5; 68:20; 118:14; 118:15; 118:21; phrases: יְשׁוּעוֺת פעל do victories 74:12; יְשׁוּעֹת חֹסֶן Isaiah 33:6 store of victories; יְשׁוּעוֺת מִגְדּוֺל 2 Samuel 22:51 Qr tower of victories (Kt מַגְדִּיל and so "" Psalm 18:51); יְשׁוּעוֺת מָעוֺז Psalm 28:8 stronghold of victories; י אֶתיְֿשׁוּעַת ׳רְאוּ Exodus 14:13 (J) see the victory of Yahweh, 2 Chronicles 20:17; יְשׁוּעָה כּוֺבַע Isaiah 59:17 helmet of victory; בִּישׁוּעָה עֲנָוִים יְפָאֵר Psalm 149:4 he will beautify the meek with victory. — compare the synonym תְּשׁוּעָה below