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reserved

Meaning of “reserved”

Kept, held back, or preserved for a later person, purpose, event, or time.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences16 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 27:36

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1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:4 · retained source text

To an inheritance incorruptible, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you,

1611 marginal noteOr, for vs.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:4 · retained source text

For if God spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them downe to hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenesse, to be reserued vnto iudgment:

2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 3:7 · retained source text

But the heauens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserued vnto fire against the day of Iudgement, and perdition of vngodly men.

Jude 1:6
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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1611 witness · Jude 1:6 · retained source text

And the Angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserued in euerlasting chaines vnder darkenesse, vnto the iudgement of the great day.

1611 marginal noteOr, principalitie.

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Kept; retained; held back; preserved for a future use or time.

volume 2, leaf 467, column 2 (main_dictionary)