יֶשַׁע

yeshaʻ · Hebrew · Strong's H3468 · 36 occurrences

The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “salvation”

What it means

liberty, deliverance, prosperity

or יֵשַׁע; from H3467 (יָשַׁע);

How the KJV renders it

safety, salvation, saving

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“salvation”

also renders sōtēría (G4991), sōtḗrion (G4992), tᵉshûwʻâh (H8668)

“saving”

also renders parektós (G3924), peripoíēsis (G4047), sōtēría (G4991)

“safety”

also renders aspháleia (G803), tᵉshûwʻâh (H8668)

Where it appears

36 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 35 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 16:35 · HNcmsc/Sp1cp

Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.”

2 Samuel 22:3 · HNcmsc/Sp1cs

God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:36 · HNcmsc/Sp2ms

You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your gentleness has made me great.

2 Samuel 22:47 · HNcmsc/Sp1cs

Yahweh lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

2 Samuel 23:5 · HNcmsc/Sp1cs

Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow?

Habakkuk 3:13 · HR/Ncmsa

You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

Habakkuk 3:18 HNcmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 17:10 HNcmsc/Sp2fsIsaiah 45:8 HNcmsaIsaiah 51:5 HNcmsc/Sp1csIsaiah 61:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 62:11 HNcmsc/Sp2fsJob 5:4 HR/NcmsaJob 5:11 HNcmsaMicah 7:7 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 12:5 HR/NcmsaPsalm 18:2 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 18:35 HNcmsc/Sp2msPsalm 18:46 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 20:6 HNcmscPsalm 24:5 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 25:5 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 27:1 HC/Ncmsc/Sp1csPsalm 27:9 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 50:23 HR/NcmscPsalm 51:12 HNcmsc/Sp2msPsalm 62:7 HNcmsc/Sp1csPsalm 65:5 HNcmsc/Sp1cpPsalm 69:13 HNcmsc/Sp2msPsalm 79:9 HNcmsc/Sp1cpPsalm 85:4 HNcmsc/Sp1cpPsalm 85:7 HC/Ncmsc/Sp2msPsalm 85:9 HNcmsc/Sp3msPsalm 95:1 HNcmsc/Sp1cpPsalm 132:16 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.