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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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233 occurrences226 verses40 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:12

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Deuteronomy 1:36
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:36 · retained source text

Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because hee hath wholly followed the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. fulfilled to goe after.

Deuteronomy 15:4
save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:4 · retained source text

Saue when there shall bee no poore among you: for the LORD shal greatly blesse thee in the land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it:

1611 marginal noteOr, to the end that there be no poore among you.

Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:4 · retained source text

For the LORD your God is hee that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saue you.

Deuteronomy 20:16
But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:16 · retained source text

But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth giue thee for an inheritance, thou shalt saue aliue nothing that breatheth:

Deuteronomy 22:27
For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:27 · retained source text

For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damosel cried, and there was none to saue her.

Deuteronomy 28:29
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:29 · retained source text

And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.

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