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Luke 1:74

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That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
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  1. 2 Timothy 1:7Rank 1 from verse 74
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    7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

  2. Zephaniah 3:15–17Rank 2 from verse 74
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    15The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

    16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.

    17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

  3. Isaiah 54:13–14Rank 3 from verse 74
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    13And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

    14In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

  4. Hebrews 9:14Rank 4 from verse 74
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    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  5. Romans 8:15Rank 5 from verse 74
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    15For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

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Luke 1:74

COMBINED MEANING

grant

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Sense 1: To give, bestow, allow, or confer, especially in answer to a request. Sense 2: A gift, allowance, or permission conferred by one in authority.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

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1:57Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.

1:59And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.

1:60And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

1:61And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

1:62And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

1:63And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

1:64And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.

1:65And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judæa.

1:66And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.

1:67And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

1:68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

1:69And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:

1:71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

1:72To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

1:74That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

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1:75In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

1:77To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

1:79To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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