Bible word study
Yeshuah (Strong’s H3444): Meaning in the Bible
Yeshuah (יְשׁוּעָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H3444 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity. In the King James Bible it is translated deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save.
- Original wordיְשׁוּעָה
- Transliterationyᵉshûwʻâh
- Pronunciationyesh-oo'-aw
- Part of speechnoun (feminine) (n-f)
- Strong’s numberH3444
- LanguageHebrew
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. feminine passive participle of H3467;
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
This word for salvation shares its root with the name Yeshua, Jesus. The rescue the Hebrew Scriptures longed for is, Christians believe, embodied in the one who bears salvation in his very name.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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