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Salvation in Scripture.

Explore salvation in the Bible through the Hebrew 'Yeshuah' (Salvation, deliverance) and Greek 'Soteria' (Salvation, deliverance). Discover how every original-language word for Salvation deepens your understanding of Scripture.

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Strong'sWordLanguageDefinitionOccurrences
H3444יְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâhHebrew

feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare. - something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance - hence, aid, victory, prosperity 1) salvation, deliverance 1a) welfare, prosperity 1b) deliverance 1c) salvation (by God) 1d) victory

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H3467יָשַׁעyâshaʻHebrew

[idiom] at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory. - properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe - causatively, to free or succor 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

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H8668תְּשׁוּעָהtᵉshûwʻâhHebrew

or תְּשֻׁעָה tᵉshuʻâh (tesh-ooaw'); from שָׁוַע in the sense of יָשַׁע deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory. - rescue (literal or figurative, persons, national or spiritual) 1) salvation, deliverance 1a) deliverance (usually by God through human agency) 1b) salvation (spiritual in sense)

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G4991σωτηρίαsōtēríaGreek

feminine of a derivative of σωτήρ as (properly, abstract) noun deliver, health, salvation, save, saving. - rescue or safety (physically or morally)

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G4992σωτήριονsōtḗrionGreek

neuter of the same as σωτηρία as (properly, concretely) noun salvation. - defender or (by implication) defence

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