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saved

Meaning of “saved”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
104 occurrences104 verses34 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 47:25

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1 Samuel 10:19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 10:19 · retained source text

And ye haue this day reiected your God, who himselfe saued you out of all your aduersities & your tribulations: and ye haue said vnto him, Nay, but set a king ouer vs. Now therefore present your selues before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

1 Samuel 14:23
So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:23 · retained source text

So the LORD saued Israel that day: and the battell passed ouer vnto Beth-auen.

1 Samuel 23:5
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 23:5 · retained source text

So Dauid and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistins, and brought away their cattell, and smote them with a great slaughter: so Dauid saued the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 27:11 · retained source text

And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on vs, saying, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner, all the while he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistines.

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Acts 4:12

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Preserved from evil, injury or destruction; prevented; spared.

volume 2, leaf 524, column 2 (participle entry)

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