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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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2 Samuel 19:5
And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:5 · retained source text

And Ioab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy seruants, which this day haue saued thy life, and the liues of thy sonnes, & of thy daughters, and the liues of thy wiues, and the liues of thy concubines,

2 Samuel 19:9
¶ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:9 · retained source text

¶ And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saued vs out of the hand of our enemies, and he deliuered vs out of the hand of the Philistines, and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

2 Samuel 22:4
I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:4 · retained source text

I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saued from mine enemies.

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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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