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rescue

Meaning of “rescue”

To deliver, recover, or set free from danger, violence, or captivity.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:31

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Every verse containing “rescue”

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Deuteronomy 28:31
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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:31 · retained source text

Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall not returne to thee, &c.

Psalms 35:17
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Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 35:17 · retained source text

LORD, how long wilt thou looke on? rescue my soule from their destructions, my darling from the lyons.

1611 marginal noteHeb. my onely one.

Hosea 5:14
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For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 5:14 · retained source text

For I will bee vnto Ephraim as a Lion, and as a yong Lion to the house of Iudah: I, euen I wil teare and goe away: I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

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Webster 1828

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To free or deliver from confinement, violence, danger or evil; to liberate from actual restraint, or to remove or withdraw from exposure to evil.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 466