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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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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
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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
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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.

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