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defend

Meaning of “defend”

To protect, guard, preserve, or rescue from attack or danger.

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11 occurrences11 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 10:1

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2 Kings 19:34
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:34 · retained source text

For I will defend this citie, to saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.

2 Kings 20:6
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:6 · retained source text

And I will adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres, and I will deliuer thee, and this city, out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this citie for mine owne sake, and for my seruant Dauids sake.

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