Words the Bible translates as save
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sōzōσῴζωto bring someone safely through a threat into wholeness: to rescue, heal, or save
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
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- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- biltiבִּלְתִּיa negative word meaning not, except, or so that not; it cancels or limits whatever follows it
- raqרַקonly: a limiting word that narrows a statement down to one thing and shuts everything else out
- malatמָלַטto get safely out of danger, or to get someone else safely out: to escape, or to rescue
+1 more meaning
- to bring forth young, to give birth: to let a child or egg slip out into the world
- diasōzōδιασῴζωto bring someone safely through a deadly danger and out the other side of it
- zulahזוּלָהexcept, besides: marking the one person or thing left out of what is said about all the rest
- shezavשֵׁיזִבto rescue: to get someone out alive from a danger they cannot escape on their own
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