| 1. (v. t.) To keep or save from injury or destruction; to guard or defend from evil, harm, danger, etc.; to protect. 2. (v. t.) To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or grapes. 3. (v. t.) To maintain throughout; to keep intact; as, to preserve appearances; to preserve silence. 4. (v. i.) To make preserves. 5. (v. i.) To protect game for purposes of sport. 6. (n.) That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; -- commonly in the plural. 7. (n.) A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or for food. Preserve (61 Occurrences)Luke 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ephesians 4:3 being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (See NAS) 2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (WEB KJV DBY WBS) Genesis 19:32 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 19:34 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 45:5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Genesis 45:7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive. (See NAS) Deuteronomy 6:24 Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV) 1 Samuel 30:23 Then said David, "You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) 2 Samuel 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale; for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in memory." He called the pillar after his own name; and it is called Absalom's monument, to this day. (See NAS) 1 Chronicles 29:18 O Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee; (See NAS) Nehemiah 9:6 You are Yahweh, even you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all; and the army of heaven worships you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Job 36:6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS) Psalms 12:7 You will keep them, Yahweh. You will preserve them from this generation forever. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS) Psalms 16:1 A Poem by David. Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Psalms 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 32:7 You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 36:6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV) Psalms 40:11 Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 41:2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV) Psalms 61:7 He shall be enthroned in God's presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS) Psalms 64:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 119:25 My soul is laid low in the dust. Revive me according to your word! (See NIV) Psalms 119:37 Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways. (See NIV) Psalms 119:40 Behold, I have longed after Thy precepts; quicken me in Thy righteousness. (See NIV) Psalms 119:88 Preserve my life according to your loving kindness, so I will obey the statutes of your mouth. (WEB NIV) Psalms 119:107 I am greatly troubled, O Lord, give me life in keeping with your word. (See NIV) Psalms 119:149 Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life. (See RSV NIV) Psalms 119:154 Undertake my cause, and come to my help, give me life, as you have said. (See NIV) Psalms 119:156 Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions. (See NIV) Psalms 119:159 O see how I love Thy precepts; quicken me, O LORD, according to Thy lovingkindness. (See RSV NIV) Psalms 121:7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. (KJV WBS YLT) Psalms 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. (KJV WBS YLT) Psalms 138:7 Even when trouble is round me, you will give me life; your hand will be stretched out against the wrath of my haters, and your right hand will be my salvation. (See RSV NIV) Psalms 140:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Deliver me, Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Psalms 140:4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV) Psalms 143:11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble. (See RSV NIV) Proverbs 2:8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS) Proverbs 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: (KJV DBY WBS) Proverbs 4:6 Don't forsake her, and she will preserve you. Love her, and she will keep you. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT) Proverbs 4:21 Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart. (YLT) Proverbs 5:2 that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NIV) Proverbs 6:24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. (YLT RSV) Proverbs 7:5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings. (YLT RSV) Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) Proverbs 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS) Isaiah 31:5 As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it." (WEB KJV ASV WBS) Isaiah 42:6 I, Jehovah, have called thee in righteousness, and will take hold of thy hand; and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations, (DBY) Isaiah 49:8 Thus says Yahweh, "In an acceptable time have I answered you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritage: (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS) Isaiah 56:1 The Lord says, Let your way of life be upright, and let your behaviour be rightly ordered: for my salvation is near, and my righteousness will quickly be seen. (See NAS) Jeremiah 3:5 Will he keep his anger for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art so determined. (DBY) Jeremiah 49:11 Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS) Ezekiel 7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. (See NIV) Ezekiel 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves? (See NAS NIV) Ezekiel 13:22 Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive: (See NAS) Micah 6:14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your humiliation will be in your midst. You will store up, but not save; and that which you save I will give up to the sword. (See NAS) Malachi 2:7 For the lips of a priest preserve knowledge, And law they do seek from his mouth, For a messenger of Jehovah of Hosts he 'is'. (YLT NAS NIV) Preserve (61 Occurrences)
... of some preservative substance, as sugar, salt, etc.; to season and prepare for
remaining in a good state, as fruits, meat, etc.; as, to preserve peaches or ...
biblethesaurus.com/p/preserve.htm - 23kProtect (32 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend;
to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. ...
biblethesaurus.com/p/protect.htm - 15k Keep (4573 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To cause to remain in a given situation or condition; to maintain
unchanged; to hold or preserve in any state or tenor. ...
biblethesaurus.com/k/keep.htm - 9k Keepest (16 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). Psalms 12:7 Thou, O Jehovah, dost preserve them,
Thou keepest us from this generation to the age. (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.com/k/keepest.htm - 11k Embalm (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means
of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body ...
biblethesaurus.com/e/embalm.htm - 8k Memorial (54 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative;
as, a memorial building. 2. (a.) Mnemonic; assisting the memory. ...
biblethesaurus.com/m/memorial.htm - 28k Preserved (27 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Preserve. Multi-Version Concordance
Preserved (27 Occurrences). Matthew 9:17 Neither do ...
biblethesaurus.com/p/preserved.htm - 14k Rescue (92 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 4:18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve
me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. ...
biblethesaurus.com/r/rescue.htm - 33k Let's (74 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Genesis 19:32 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie
with him, that we may preserve our father's seed." (WEB NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.com/l/let's.htm - 27k Ark (212 Occurrences)
... It was 100 years in building (Genesis 5:32; 7:6). It was intended to preserve certain
persons and animals from the deluge which God was about to bring over the ...
biblethesaurus.com/a/ark.htm - 84k
2225. zoogoneo -- to preserve alive
... to preserve alive. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: zoogoneo Phonetic Spelling:
(dzo-og-on-eh'-o) Short Definition: I preserve alive Definition: I preserve ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2225.htm - 7k4933. suntereo -- to keep close, ie preserve
... to keep close, ie preserve. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: suntereo Phonetic
Spelling: (soon-tay-reh'-o) Short Definition: I preserve, keep safe, keep in ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4933.htm - 7k 4046. peripoieo -- to preserve, get possession of
... to preserve, get possession of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieo
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4046.htm - 7k 5442. phulasso -- to guard, watch
... 5442 (akin to 5441 , "a military guard") -- properly, preserve by "having an eye
on" (J. Thayer), referring to the uninterrupted vigilance shepherds show in ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5442.htm - 9k 4982. sozo -- to save
... to save. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sozo Phonetic Spelling: (sode'-zo)
Short Definition: I save, heal Definition: I save, heal, preserve, rescue. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4982.htm - 10k 5083. tereo -- to watch over, to guard
... watch over. 5083 (from , "a guard") -- properly, maintain (preserve);
(figuratively) (watch), . Word Origin from a prim. word teros ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5083.htm - 10k 5440. phulakterion -- an outpost, fortification, an amulet
... 5440 (from 5442 , "to keep, preserve") -- ; small, leather cases containing four
key passages of Scripture (Ex 13:1-10, 11-16; Dt 6:4-9, 13-21). ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5440.htm - 7k 1295. diasozo -- to bring safely through (a danger), to save ...
... escape safely, heal, make perfectly whole, save. From dia and sozo; to save thoroughly,
ie (by implication or analogy) to cure, preserve, rescue, etc. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1295.htm - 8k 8104. shamar -- to keep, watch, preserve
... << 8103, 8104. shamar. 8105 >>. to keep, watch, preserve. Transliteration: shamar
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-mar') Short Definition: keep. Word Origin a prim. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/8104.htm - 7k 6508. pardes -- a preserve, park
... << 6507, 6508. pardes. 6509 >>. a preserve, park. Transliteration: pardes Phonetic
Spelling: (par-dace') Short Definition: forest. Word ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/6508.htm - 5k 3498. yathar -- to remain over
... leave a remnant (1), leave of it over (1), leaving (1), left (47), left behind
(1), left over (6), let remain (1), more than enough (1), preserve (1), prosper ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/3498.htm - 6k 2421a. chayah -- to live
... 1), kept alive (1), leave (2), leave alive (1), live (120), lived (42), lives (5),
make alive (1), makes alive (1), nourished (1), preserve (3), preserve his ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/2421a.htm - 6k 3467. yasha -- to deliver
... 3), deliverers (1), deliverers who delivered (1), delivers (2), endowed with salvation
(1), gained the victory (1), help (9), helped (5), preserve (1), safe (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/3467.htm - 6k 4241. michyah -- preservation of life, sustenance
... Word Origin from chayah Definition preservation of life, sustenance NASB Word Usage
maintenance (1), preserve life (1), quick (1), raw (1), recover (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/4241.htm - 6k 7760. sum -- to put, place, set
... ordained (1), orders (1), paid (2), painted* (1), pay (1), pay attention (2), performed
(3), place (15), placed (21), plant (1), prepare (1), preserve (1), put ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/7760.htm - 7k 4422. malat -- to slip away
... deliver self, escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save,.
A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, ie (by implication ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/4422.htm - 6k 5341. natsar -- to watch, guard, keep
... 2), hidden things (1), keep (7), keep watch (1), keeper (1), keeps (3), kept (1),
man (1), observe (10), observed (1), observes (1), preserve (10), preserves (1 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/5341.htm - 6k 2421. chayah -- to live
... figuratively; causatively, to revive -- keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give
(promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken ...
//strongsnumbers.com/hebrew2/2421.htm - 6k Let us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.
... Chapter XL."Let us preserve in the Church the order appointed by God.
These things therefore being manifest to us, and since we ...
/.../chapter xl let us preserve in.htm If we are to Preserve Our Modesty we must Avoid Fellowship with ...
... by St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan. Book I. Chapter XX. If we are to preserve
our modesty we must avoid fellowship with profligate menŠ ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xx if we are.htm Let us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.
... The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. Chapter XL."Let Us Preserve
in the Church the Order Appointed by God. These things ...
/.../keith/the epistles of clement/chapter xl let us preserve in.htm Preserve Harmony.
... Chapter VI."Preserve harmony. Since therefore I have, in the persons before
mentioned, beheld the whole multitude of you in faith ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the magnesians/chapter vi preserve harmony.htm "For as Regards the Fact that to Preserve the Figure of Unity The. ...
... Book III. Chapter 17. " 22. "For as regards the fact that to preserve
the figure of unity theŠ "22. "For as regards the fact ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 17 22 for.htm The Answer Showing How Far we Ought to Preserve the Recollection ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter VII. The answer showing how far
we ought to preserve the recollection of previous actions. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter vii the answer showing.htm Of the Care with which a Monk Should Preserve the Recollection of ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter IX. Of the care with which a monk
should preserve the recollection of God. I should say ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter ix of the care.htm Recommendation to the Bishops, on their Departure, to Preserve ...
... Book III. Chapter XXI."Recommendation to the Bishops, on their Departure,
to Preserve Harmony. And now, when the council was on ...
/.../the life of constantine/chapter xxi recommendation to the bishops.htm In what Manner in the Confession of the Three Hypostases we ...
... BIBLION. Chapter XVIII. In what manner in the confession of the three hypostases
we preserve the pious dogma of the Monarchia. Wherein ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/chapter xviii in what manner.htm A Question How it is that it is Harder Work to Preserve than to ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter VII. A question how it is that
it is harder work to preserve than to originate good thoughts. ...
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