Lexical Definition

‎תְּשׁוּעָה‎ tᵉshûwʻâh (tesh-oo-aw') deliverance: salvation ^H:N-F
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)

See Greek: βοήθεια · σωτηρία

Extended Information

meaning of: תְּשׁוּעָה

• : victory

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּשׁוּעָה‎ ( ‎תְּשֻׁעָה‎ 2Sam 19:3*) noun feminine deliverance, salvation = ‎יְשׁוּעָה‎ (formed by false analogue, as if from √ ‎שׁוע‎, in sense of ‎ישׁע‎; most assign it to ‎שׁוע‎, but no sufficient evidence for existence of such a √; compare Kö^{ii. 200}) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ת‎ 1Sam 11:9 + 19 t.; construct Jer 3:23 + 5 t.; suffix ‎תְּשׁוּעָתִי‎ Isa 46:13 + 2 t.; ‎תְּשׁוּעָֽתְךָ‎ Ps 40:11* + 2 t.; ‎תְּשׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ‎ vPs 40:17*; Ps 71:15 —

1. deliverance, usually by God, through human agency, especially from oppression 1Sam 11:9, and in battle 1Chr 19:12 (‎הוֺשׁיע‎ in || clause), = victory Judg 15:18 (‎׳‎‎בְּיַד וגו‎ ‎׳‎‎נָתַתָּ ת‎), 2Kgs 5:1, ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎עשׂה ת‎ 1Sam 11:13 ‎׳‎‎י‎ wrought a great victory, so 1Sam 19:5; 2Sam 19:3*; 2Sam 23:10; 2Sam 23:12; 2Sam 1:14 (as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after ‎הושׁיע‎), Prov 21:31; Ps 33:17 (‎נושׁע‎ in || vPs 33:16); ‎למלכים‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּוֺתֵן ת‎ Ps 144:10 so in phrase ‎ליהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎חֵץתֿ‎ 2Kgs 13:17, ‎בַּאֲרָם‎ ‎׳‎‎חֵץתֿ‎ v2Kgs 13:17 of national deliverance, from exile, ‎עולמים‎ ‎׳‎‎נוֺשַׁע יִשְׂרָאֵל ת‎ Isa 45:17 (Da^{Synt.:§ 67 b}), Isa 46:13 (|| ‎צְדָקָה‎), vIsa 46:13 (with ‎נתן‎; || ‎תִּפְאֶרֶת‎); in general of national success and prosperity Jer 3:23; Prov 11:14 = Prov 24:6 of deliverance from personal trouble Ps 37:39; Lam 3:26 (‎׳‎‎תְּשׁוּעַת י‎) or of national deliverance under figure of personal Ps 40:11* (|| ‎אֱמוּנָָֽתְךָ‎), vPs 40:17*; Ps 71:15 (|| ‎צְדָקָח‎), so ‎תְּשׁוּעָתִי‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 38:23* contrasted with ‎׳‎‎י‎'s deliverance is ‎תְּשׁוּעַת אָדָם‎ deliverance of (through) man Ps 60:13* = Ps 108:13*, compare Ps 146:3.

2. more exclusively spiritual in sense, = salvation, appear to be ‎אֱלֹהֵי תְשׁוּעָתִי‎ Ps 51:16*; Ps 119:41 (|| ‎חֲסָדֶךָ‎), vPs 51:81, and ‎׳‎‎כֹּהֲנֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ ת‎ 2Chr 6:41 (from ‎כהניה אלברשׁ יֵשַׁע‎ Ps 132:16).

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