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saving

Meaning of “saving”

Present-participial, verbal-noun, or prepositional form of save. Sense 1: Preserving, rescuing, or bringing deliverance. Sense 2: As a preposition, except or excepting.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
12 occurrences12 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 19:19

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Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:11 · retained source text

When goods increase, they are increased that eate them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, sauing the beholding of them with their eyes?

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Preserving from evil or destruction; bringing deliverance; excepting.

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