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Hebrew

יְשׁוּעָה ye·shu·ah

“salvation” · 78 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: 2 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: onceJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 2 times2 Samuel: 2 times1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: once2 Chronicles: onceEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 2 timesPsalms: 45 timesProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 19 timesJeremiah: 0 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: onceMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: onceZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: onceLuke: 5 timesJohn: onceActs: 7 timesRomans: 5 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 4 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 2 timesPhilippians: 3 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 2 times2 Thessalonians: once1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 2 timesTitus: oncePhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 7 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 4 times2 Peter: once1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: onceRevelation: 3 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “salvation” 66
  • “victory” 2
  • “savior” 2
  • “deliverance” 1
  • “rescue” 1
  • other ways 6
  • sōtēria, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 50

In the New Testament it continues as sōtēria: Acts 13:47 quotes Isaiah 49:6, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Exodus2
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel2
2 Samuel2
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles1
Job2
Psalms45
Isaiah19
Jonah1
Habakkuk1
Mark1
Luke5
John1
Acts7
Romans5
2 Corinthians4
Ephesians2
Philippians3
1 Thessalonians2
2 Thessalonians1
2 Timothy2
Titus1
Hebrews7
1 Peter4
2 Peter1
Jude1
Revelation3

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. salvation66
  2. savior2
  3. victory2
  4. deliver1
  5. deliverance1
  6. looking for your salvation1
  7. prosperity1
  8. rescue1
  9. salvation belongs1
  10. save1
  11. saving me1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“salvation” 66
  • Genesis 1

    • 49:18 …I await Your salvation O LORD…
  • Exodus 2

    • 14:13 …will see the LORD’s salvation which He will accomplish…
    • 15:2 …He has become my salvation He is my God…
  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 32:15 …and scorned the Rock of his salvation
  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 2:1 …enemies for I rejoice in Your salvation
  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 22:51 …Great salvation He brings to His…
  • 1 Chronicles 1

    • 16:23 …all the earth Proclaim His salvation day after day…
  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 20:17 …stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD on…
  • Job 1

    • 13:16 …this will be my salvation for no godless man…
  • Psalms 36

    • 9:14 …Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation
    • 13:5 …my heart will rejoice in Your salvation
    • 14:7 …Oh that the salvation of Israel would come…
    • 18:50 …Great salvation He brings to His…
    • 21:1 …How greatly he exults in Your salvation
    • 21:5 …Great is his glory in Your salvation You bestow on him…
    • 28:8 …His people a stronghold of salvation for His anointed…
    • 35:3 …my soul I am your salvation
    • 35:9 …the LORD and exult in His salvation
    • 42:5 …will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence…
    • 53:6 …Oh that the salvation of Israel would come…
    • 62:1 …my soul finds rest my salvation comes from Him…
    • 62:2 …alone is my rock and my salvation He is my fortress…
    • 62:6 …alone is my rock and my salvation He is my fortress…
    • 67:2 …be known on earth Your salvation among all nations…
    • 68:19 …our burden the God of our salvation Selah…
    • 69:29 …in pain and distress let Your salvation protect me O God…
    • 70:4 …may those who love Your salvation always say Let God…
    • 74:12 …from ancient times working salvation on the earth…
    • 78:22 …believe God or rely on His salvation
    • 88:1 …O LORD the God of my salvation day and night I…
    • 89:26 …my God the Rock of my salvation
    • 91:16 …him and show him My salvation
    • 96:2 …bless His name proclaim His salvation day after day…
    • 98:2 …The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness…
    • 98:3 …the earth have seen the salvation of our God…
    • 106:4 …Your people visit me with Your salvation
    • 116:13 …will lift the cup of salvation and call on the…
    • 118:14 …He has become my salvation
    • 118:15 …Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents…
    • 118:21 …You have become my salvation
    • 119:155 Salvation is far from the…
    • 119:166 …I wait for Your salvation O LORD and I…
    • 119:174 …I long for Your salvation O LORD and Your…
    • 140:7 …the Lord the strength of my salvation You shield my head…
    • 149:4 …He adorns the afflicted with salvation
  • Isaiah 19

    • 12:2 …Surely God is my salvation I will trust and…
    • 12:2 …also has become my salvation
    • 12:3 …water from the springs of salvation
    • 25:9 …rejoice and be glad in His salvation
    • 26:1 …have a strong city salvation is established as its…
    • 26:18 …We have given no salvation to the earth nor…
    • 33:2 …strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble…
    • 33:6 …your times a storehouse of salvation wisdom and knowledge The…
    • 49:6 …the nations to bring My salvation to the ends of…
    • 49:8 …and in the day of salvation I will help You…
    • 51:6 …will die like gnats But My salvation will last forever and…
    • 51:8 …righteousness will last forever My salvation through all generations…
    • 52:7 …good tidings who proclaim salvation who say to Zion…
    • 52:10 …the earth will see the salvation of our God…
    • 56:1 …what is right for My salvation is coming soon and…
    • 59:11 …justice but find none for salvation but it is far…
    • 59:17 …breastplate and the helmet of salvation on His head He…
    • 60:18 …will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise…
    • 62:1 …like a bright light her salvation like a blazing torch…
  • Jonah 1

    • 2:9 …what I have vowed Salvation is from the LORD…
  • Habakkuk 1

    • 3:8 …horses on Your chariots of salvation
“victory” 2
  • Psalms 2

    • 20:5 …we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner…
    • 44:4 …O God who ordains victories for Jacob…
“savior” 2
  • Psalms 2

    • 42:11 …will yet praise Him my Savior and my God…
    • 43:5 …will yet praise Him my Savior and my God…
“deliverance” 1
  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 14:45 …accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel Never As…
“rescue” 1
  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 10:11 …then you will come to my rescue And if the Ammonites…
“prosperity” 1
  • Job 1

    • 30:15 …as by the wind and my prosperity has passed like a…
“deliver” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 3:2 …me God will not deliver him Selah…
“salvation belongs” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 3:8 Salvation belongs to the LORD may…
“saving me” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 22:1 …are You so far from saving me so far from my…
“save” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 80:2 …mighty power and come to save us…
“looking for your salvation” 1
  • Psalms 1

    • 119:123 …My eyes fail looking for Your salvation and for Your righteous…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.