Genesis 19:32
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
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Preserve
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2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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15 occurrences in 14 verses.
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נָצַר
nâtsar · naw-tsar'
11 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 12:7Strong's last: Isaiah 49:8
Open full H5341 profile →שָׁמַר
shâmar · shaw-mar'
9 times translated as this KJV form467 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 16:1Strong's last: Proverbs 14:3
Open full H8104 profile →חָיָה
châyâh · khaw-yaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form270 total Strong's occurrences
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Strong's KJV usage: keep (leave, make) alive, × certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (× God) save (alive, life, lives), × surely, be whole.
Strong's first: Genesis 19:32Strong's last: Genesis 19:34
Open full H2421 profile →ζωογονέω
zōogonéō · dzo-og-on-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to engender alive, i.e. (by analogy) to rescue (passively, be saved) from death
Strong's KJV usage: :--live, preserve.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 17:33Strong's last: Luke 17:33
Open full G2225 profile →σώζω
sṓzō · sode'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form119 total Strong's occurrences
to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 4:18Strong's last: 2 Timothy 4:18
Open full G4982 profile →יָתַר
yâthar · yaw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form107 total Strong's occurrences
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Strong's KJV usage: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 79:11Strong's last: Psalms 79:11
Open full H3498 profile →מָלַט
mâlaṭ · maw-lat'
1 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Strong's KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 31:5Strong's last: Isaiah 31:5
Open full H4422 profile →שׂוּם
sûwm · soom
1 times translated as this KJV form583 total Strong's occurrences
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.
Strong's first: Genesis 45:7Strong's last: Genesis 45:7
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H2421
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
H2421
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
no direct Strong's tag
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
H7760
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
no direct Strong's tag
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
H5341
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
H8104
<<Michtam of David.>> Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
H5341
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
H5341
Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
H5341
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
H8104
The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
H5341
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
H5341
<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
H3498
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
H8104
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
H8104
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
H8104
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
H8104
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
H5341
<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
H5341
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
H8104
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
H8104
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
H8104
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
H5341
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
H5341
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
English meaning and historical usage.
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preserve
PRESERVE, verb transitive prezerv'. [Low Latin proeservo; proe and servo, to keep.]
1. To keep or save from injury or destruction; to defend from evil.
God did send me before you to preserve life. Genesis 45:5.
O Lord, preserve me from the violent man. Psalms 140:1.
2. To uphold; to sustain.
O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. Psalms 36:6.
3. To save from decay; to keep in a sound state; as, to preserve fruit in winter. Salt is used to preserve meat.
4. To season with sugar or other substances for preservation; as, to preserve plums, quinces or other fruit.
5. To keep or defend from corruption; as, to preserve youth from vice.
PRESERVE, noun preserv'. Fruit or a vegetable seasoned and kept in sugar or sirup.
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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