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save

Meaning of “save”

Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:12

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Genesis 12:12
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 12:12 · retained source text

Therefore it shall come to passe, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, Th is is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will saue thee aliue.

Genesis 14:24
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 14:24 · retained source text

Saue onely that which the yong men haue eaten, and the portion of the men which went with mee, Aner, Eschol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Genesis 39:6
And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 39:6 · retained source text

And he left all that he had, in Iosephs hand: and he knew not ought he had, saue the bread which he did eate: and Ioseph was a goodly person, and well fauoured.

Genesis 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 45:7 · retained source text

And God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliuerance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to put for you a remnant.

Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 50:20 · retained source text

But as for you, yee thought euill against me, but God meant it vnto good, to bring to passe, as it is this day, to saue much people aliue.

Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:22 · retained source text

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery sonne that is borne, yee shall cast into the riuer, and euery daughter ye shall saue aliue.

Exodus 12:16
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:16 · retained source text

And in the first day there shalbe an holy conuocation, and in the seuenth day there shall be an holy conuocation to you: no maner of worke shalbe done in them, saue that which euery man must eate, that onely may bee done of you.

1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.

Exodus 22:20
¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:20 · retained source text

¶ Hee that sacrificeth vnto any god saue vnto the LORD onely, hee shall be vtterly destroyed.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 13.13,14,15. 1.Mac. 2.24.

Numbers 14:30
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:30 · retained source text

Doubtlesse ye shall not come into the land concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lifted vp my hand.

Numbers 26:65
For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 26:65 · retained source text

For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wildernesse: and there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.28. 1.corin. 10.5,6.

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