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delivered

Meaning of “delivered”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
290 occurrences286 verses47 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:2

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Amos 1:9
¶ Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 1:9 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD, For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for foure I wil not turne away the punishment thereof, because they deliuered vp the whole captiuitie to Edom, and remembred not the brotherly couenant.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the couenant of brethren.

Amos 9:1
I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 9:1 · retained source text

¶ I saw the LORD standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the lintell of the doore, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hee that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

1611 marginal noteOr, chapiter, or knop.

1611 marginal noteOr, wound them.

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Freed; released; transferred or transmitted; passed from one to another; committed; yielded; surrendered; rescued; uttered; pronounced.

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