Quick Definition
to save
Strong's Definition
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
TWOT Reference: 929
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to save, be saved, be delivered
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to save, deliver
1b2) to save from moral troubles
1b3) to give victory to
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to save, be saved, be delivered
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to save, deliver
1b2) to save from moral troubles
1b3) to give victory to
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָשַׁע
yâsha‛
BDB Definition:
1) to save, be saved, be delivered
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to be liberated, be saved, be delivered
1a2) to be saved (in battle), be victorious
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to save, deliver
1b2) to save from moral troubles
1b3) to give victory to
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 929
Total KJV Occurrences: 207
Bible Occurrences (198)
3:7
6:4
7:1
7:10
12:1
17:7
18:3
18:27
18:41
20:6
20:9
22:21
28:9
31:2
31:16
33:16
34:6
34:18
36:6
37:40
44:3
44:6
44:7
54:1
55:16
57:3
59:2
60:5
69:1
69:35
71:2
71:3
72:4
72:13
76:9
80:3
80:7
80:19
86:2
86:16
98:1
106:8
106:10
106:21
106:47
107:13
107:19
108:6
109:26
109:31
116:6
118:25
119:94
119:117
119:146
138:7
145:19