213 occurrences in 12 translations

'Rescue' in the Bible

Please rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid of him; otherwise, he may come and attack me, the mothers, and their children.

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalKilling Whole FamiliesFear Of IndividualsPeople Attacking Their OwnMotherhood

Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.

Verse ConceptsSheddingReinstating PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

Then some shepherds arrived and drove them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their flock.

Verse Conceptsdefence, humanGroups Sent AwayStock Keeping

I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them from that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the territory of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFreedom, Acts Of In OtAffluenceLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilkNationalismProperty, LandRescueHoneyMilk And HoneyRich FoodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Therefore, tell the Israelites, 'I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod, As SaviorArmsGod, The LordRedemption, In Everyday LifeStrength, DivineArm Of GodCaptivesStrength Of GodRemoving BurdensI Am The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptRedemptionGod's Interventionliberation

and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

Verse ConceptsRankManslaughterAnointing PriestsDeath Of Office Holders

When he found her in the field, the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

Verse ConceptsRescue

“If two men are fighting with each other, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she puts out her hand and grabs his genitals,

Verse ConceptsGraspingMale GenitalsFighting One AnotherStrugglesmanhood

And you shall be groping at noon just as the blind person gropes in the dark, and you shall not succeed [in finding] your way, and you shall only be abused and robbed {all the time}, and there will not be {anyone who will rescue you}.

Verse ConceptsNoonRescueWorldly DilemmasWalking In DarknessNot ProsperingRobbing PeopleSpiritual Darkness

Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

Verse ConceptsKilling Domesticated AnimalsLoss Of DonkeysNo HelpRobbing People

that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death."

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathProtecting Your Family

The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, "Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us."

Verse ConceptsGroups Helping

But Joash responded to everyone who was opposing him, "Do you really intend to fight on Baal's behalf? Do you really intend to rescue him by ordering that whoever fights him will be executed by morning? If Baal is a god, let him fight for himself. After all, it was his altar that was torn down."

After Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

Verse ConceptsDefenseRescueTribes Of Israelgrandfathers

And Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were in a major conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called you [for help], you did not rescue me from their hand.

Verse ConceptsThose Not Saved

So when I saw that you were not coming to help me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. So why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's HandsThose Not SavedRiskingrisk

No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.

Verse ConceptsValleysFar From HereRebuilding Named CitiesBuilding Relationships

Woe to us, who will rescue us from the hand of these magnificent gods? These are the gods that slaughtered the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

Samuel told them, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths that are among you, dedicate yourselves to the Lord, and worship only Him. Then He will rescue you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Verse ConceptsConversion, nature ofCommitment, to Goddouble mindednessReformationSyncretismDivided HeartsUnquestioning ServiceReturning To GodWhole HeartednessIndividuals Saving OthersPutting Away Other GodsServing Asherah

And the people say unto Saul, 'Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.

Verse ConceptsHairsHeadsPublic OpinionFar Be It!Hairs ProtectedIndividuals Saving Others

I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the lamb from its mouth. Then when it rose up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.

Verse ConceptsMouthsFacial Hair

Then David said, “The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”Saul said to David, “Go, and may the Lord be with you.”

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorDavid, Character OfTrust, Importance OfBraveryDeliverance From LionsFeet Of CreaturesGod Be With You

And all of this assembly will know that Yahweh does not rescue with sword or with spear, for the battle [belongs] to Yahweh, and he will give you into our hands!"

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelSpearsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

So David inquired of the Lord: “Should I launch an attack against these Philistines?”The Lord answered David, “Launch an attack against the Philistines and rescue Keilah.”

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Nations Attacked

Just as I considered your life valuable today, so may the Lord consider my life valuable and rescue me from all trouble.”

Verse ConceptsDistressPersonal Good

and David asked the Lord: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?”The Lord replied to him, “Pursue them, for you will certainly overtake them and rescue the people.”

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAnswered PrayerOvertakingRecoveryFamily Conflict

The LORD told David, "Pursue them! You will definitely overtake them and rescue the captives." So David and 600 men who were with him set out. They came to the Wadi Besor where those who were left behind stayed.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

Joab said, "If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

Verse ConceptsPeople Helping

The king will surely listen in order to rescue his servant from the hand of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.

Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To People

You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleNot Knowing PeopleForeigners Included Among The PeopleHead As ChiefServingpreservation

He frees me from my enemies.You exalt me above my adversaries;You rescue me from violent men.

Verse ConceptsRescue From ViolenceGod Lifting PeopleGod Saving From EnemiesProtection From Enemies

Then the Lord gave Israel a savior [to rescue them and give them peace], so that they escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons (descendants) of Israel lived in their tents as before.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorHomeRescueEscaping From PeopleIndividuals Saving Others

Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAliancesInvitationsServanthood, In SocietyAllegiances

Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies."

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGod Saving From EnemiesFear God!

This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverAvoiding DeceitNo One Can Save

Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

Verse ConceptsTrust, Importance OfDoubting God

until I come and take you to a land just like your own -- a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, "The Lord will rescue us."

Verse ConceptsKeeping Oneself AliveBeing MisleadSimilar ItemsDo Not Listen!

Did the gods of each of the nations ever rescue the land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

Verse ConceptsDeliverance, Source OfSalvation By Other Things

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?

Verse ConceptsBoasters

Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'"

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

Verse ConceptsFalse Religion

Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God."

Verse ConceptsKingdomsKnowing God, Nature OfAfflictions, Prayer DuringNo Other Is GodKnowing That There Is A God

I will defend this city and rescue itfor My sake and for the sake of My servant David.”

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidGod Saves The NeedyFor The Sake Of God's People

I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'"

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineAdding Blessing15 To 20 YearsFor The Sake Of God's PeopleRecoveryIllness

And say: “Save us, God of our salvation;gather us and rescue us from the nationsso that we may give thanks to Your holy nameand rejoice in Your praise.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfSalvation, Sought ByGathering Israel

Joab said, "If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue.

Verse ConceptsPeople Helping

Hezekiah says, "The Lord our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria." But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst!

Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power?

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo Deliver

Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power?

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverAnnihilation

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don't believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?'"

Verse ConceptsAbilityTo DeliverUnbelief, As Response To GodInfidelity To God

He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: "The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah's god rescue his people from my power."

Verse Conceptsdefence, divineLettersUnrighteousnessImpiety

Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

“But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven,And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAbandonmentRebellion, Of IsraelDoing RepeatedlyGod Paid Attention To Them

His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.

Verse Conceptsdefence, humanSafetyGod Is HolyChildren Suffering

He will rescue you from six calamities;no harm will touch you in seven.

Verse ConceptsRescueCalamityComfort In Afflictionproblemstrails

Or, rescue me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent?

Verse ConceptsNo One Can Save

He will even rescue the guilty one,who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

Verse ConceptsPurity

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;save me because of Your faithful love.

Verse ConceptsLove, Nature Ofsoulrelaxation

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You;save me from all my pursuers and rescue me

Verse ConceptsSuffering SaintsPersecution, Christian ResponseTrust

or they will tear me like a lion,ripping me apart with no one to rescue me.

Verse ConceptsLionsPeople Torn To Pieces

Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod ArisingGod's SwordProtection From Enemies

You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

Verse ConceptsHeadshipServing PeopleNot Knowing PeopleHead As ChiefServingConflictServant Leadership

“He relies on the Lord;let Him rescue him;let the Lord deliver him,since He takes pleasure in him.”

Verse ConceptsDelighting, Right Kinds OfTrust, Importance OfChrist Pleasing GodGod As A Source Of Delight

Rescue my life from [the] sword, my only [life] from [the] power of [the] dogs.

Verse ConceptsThe Soulsoullonliness

Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!

Verse ConceptsHornsMouthsDeliverance From LionsWild OxUnicorns

O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!

Verse ConceptsRedeem Us!redeemed

Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.Be a rock of refuge for me,a mountain fortress to save me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorHope, Results OfRefugeGod Being Our DefencePay Attention O God!Save Us!

With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

Verse ConceptsThe NeedyBad LeadershipBonesGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPoverty, Remedies ForPoverty, SpiritualRescueGod And The PoorCaring For OthersAnatomyWho Is Like God?

Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!

Verse ConceptsGod Help!Hurrying Others OnSave Us!

Vindicate me, God, and defend my causeagainst an ungodly nation;rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of believersInjustice, Hated By GodRescueGod Vindicatesvindication

Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

Verse ConceptsRedemptionSiblingsDebtThe SoulValueSaving Moneyredeemed

Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you.

Verse ConceptsForgetting GodForgettingRejection Of God, Results OfPeople Torn To PiecesNo One Can Save

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

Verse ConceptsTongueI Will Sing PraisesGuilt

He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

Verse ConceptsMany EnemiesBattlestrivingredeemed

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

Verse ConceptsEvildoersReady To KillProtection From Enemies

Rescue me from the miry mud; don’t let me sink.Let me be rescued from those who hate meand from the deep waters.

Verse ConceptsSinkingMarsheshaters

Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me!

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerRedeem Us!

In Your justice, rescue and deliver me;listen closely to me and save me.

Verse ConceptsRescuePay Attention O God!Save Us!

My God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofSuffering, Causes OfGod Delivering From Evil

saying, “God has abandoned him;chase him and catch him,for there is no one to rescue him.”

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPursuing PeopleGod Abandoning IndividualsNo One Can Save

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousJoy In WorshipJoy, Of IsraelLipsredeemedPraising God With Your Lips

For he will rescue the poor who cry outand the afflicted who have no helper.

Verse ConceptsHelping The PoorHelping Those In NeedHelping Others In Need

He will rescue their life from oppression and violence,And their blood will be precious in his sight;

Verse ConceptsBlood, as basis of lifeViolenceHuman Blood ShedPreciousoppression

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Root Form
Definition
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ישׁע 
Yasha` 
Usage: 205

נצל 
Natsal 
Usage: 213

נצל 
N@tsal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

פּדה 
Padah 
Usage: 61

ἐξαιρέω 
Exaireo 
Usage: 5

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