Judges 10:1
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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Defend
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Zechariah 12:8
In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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גָּנַן
gânan · gaw-nan'
7 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect
Strong's KJV usage: defend.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 19:34Strong's last: Zechariah 12:8
Open full H1598 profile →שָׂגַב
sâgab · saw-gab'
2 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) lofty, especially inaccessible; by implication, safe, strong; used literally and figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: defend, exalt, be excellent, (be, set on) high, lofty, be safe, set up (on high), be too strong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 20:1Strong's last: Psalms 59:1
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yâshaʻ · yaw-shah'
1 times translated as this KJV form205 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Strong's first: Judges 10:1Strong's last: Judges 10:1
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shâphaṭ · shaw-fat'
1 times translated as this KJV form203 total Strong's occurrences
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.
Strong's first: Psalms 82:3Strong's last: Psalms 82:3
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H1598
As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
H1598
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
H1598
And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
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defend
DEFEND, verb transitive
1. To drive from; to thrust back; hence, to deny; to repel a demand, charge, or accusation; to oppose; to resist; the effect of which is to maintain ones own claims.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; that is, to drive from, or back. Milton calls the forbidden fruit, the defended fruit.
The use of wine in some places is defended by customs or laws.
3. To drive back a foe or danger; to repel from any thing that which assails or annoys; to protect by opposition or resistance; to support or maintain; to prevent from being injured, or destroyed.
There arose, to defend Israel, Tola the son of Puah. Judges 10:1.
4. To vindicate; to assert; to uphold; to maintain uninjured, by force or by argument; as, to defend our cause; to defend rights and privileges; to defend reputation.
5. To secure against attacks or evil; to fortify against danger or violence; to set obstacles to the approach of any thing that can annoy. A garden may be defended by a wall, a hill or a river.
DEFEND, verb intransitive To make opposition; as, the party comes into court, defends and says.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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