Words the Bible translates as welfare
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- eirēnēεἰρήνηpeace: a whole, rightly-ordered, flourishing life, above all the mended relationship with God
- shalomשָׁלוֹםwholeness: a person, community, or situation that is sound and intact and lacks nothing it needs to flourish
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
- yesahיֵשַׁעdeliverance: the rescue, victory, or safety that God brings to people in danger or distress
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