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Protection (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from
loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. ...
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Asylum
... 1. (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors
found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without ...
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Fence (12 Occurrences)
... Amos 5:19). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) That which fends off attack or
danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. ...
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Shelter (36 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. ...
3. (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. ...
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Refuge (111 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress. ...
3. (n.) An expedient to secure protection or defense; a device or contrivance. ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise
or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care ...
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Tributary (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment
of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace. ...
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Defence (48 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n. & vt) See Defense. 2. (n.) The act of defending,
or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. ...
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Murder (41 Occurrences)
... Murder was always subject to capital punishment (Leviticus 24:17; compare Genesis
9:6). Even if the criminal sought the protection of the sanctuary, he was to ...
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Patron (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. ...
10. (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. ...
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Protective (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
Multi-Version Concordance Protective (1 Occurrence). ...
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Bulwark (29 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A rampart; an earthen wall for fortification
and protection; a bastion or outwork. 2. (n.) That ...
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Covert (18 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman
who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. ...
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Amulet
... As distinguished from talisman (see TALISMAN) an amulet is believed to have negative
results, as a means of protection: a talisman is thought to be the means ...
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Nest (22 Occurrences)
... upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young." Beyond
question this is the earliest law on record for the protection of a ...
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Shadow (72 Occurrences)
... See Shade. 2. (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity. 3. (n.) A shaded place; shelter;
protection; security. 4. (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. ...
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Shade (67 Occurrences)
... or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects
from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as ...
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Sanctuary (250 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter;
refuge; protection. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Screen (26 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that
which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire ...
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Shield (65 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on
the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. ...
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Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... The governor assured them that they need have no fear of vengeance from their
conquerors, and promised them on oath protection and security, if they would ...
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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... This change from regarding the stork as a delicacy to its protection by a death
penalty merely indicates the hold the characteristics of the bird had taken on ...
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Crete (7 Occurrences)
... of Rome. They were being oppressed by the people of Gortyna, and appealed
to Rome, which granted them protection. In strengthening ...
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Circumcision (98 Occurrences)
... It also enabled the tribal deity to recognize a member of the tribe which
was under his special protection. A mark was placed on ...
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City
... therefrom being used to form a casing to the earthen ramparts, with which the site
was afterwards surrounded and which served as a protection against the ...
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Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... These names include Yamir-Dagdn ("Dagon sees"), Dagantakala ("Dagon is a protection")
and Yadaya (the "grateful") at Ashkelon; Bua ("asked for"), son of the ...
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Alexandria (4 Occurrences)
... Under the protection of the first two Ptolemies and Euergetes Alexandria reached
its highest prosperity, receiving through Lake Mareotis the products of Upper ...
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Taxing (3 Occurrences)
... for any. Voluntary presents were given by the less to the more powerful
in return for protection or other advantages. These are ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... for any. Voluntary presents were given by the less to the more powerful
in return for protection or other advantages. These are ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... There was a rearguard (called in the King James Version "rereward," in the Revised
Version (British and American) "rearward") to give protection on the march ...
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Empire (8 Occurrences)
... PREPARATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE FOR CHRISTIANITY 1. Pax Romana and the Unification
of the World 2. Cosmopolitanism 3. Eclecticism 4. Protection for Greek ...
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Naked (56 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; defenseless. ...
The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from you his protection. ...
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Arabia (9 Occurrences)
... position of independence. Both it and the southern states are now under the
protection of the Indian government. The country adjacent ...
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Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)
... ze'-ba (zebhach, "victim"), zal-mun'-a (tsalmunna`, "protection refused"): Two
Midianite kings or chiefs whom Gideon slew (Judges 8:4-21 Psalm 83:11 (Hebrew ...
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Zaanan (1 Occurrence)
... The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from
you his protection. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Zebah (9 Occurrences)
... ze'-ba (zebhach, "victim"), zal-mun'-a (tsalmunna`, "protection refused"): Two
Midianite kings or chiefs whom Gideon slew (Judges 8:4-21 Psalm 83:11 (Hebrew ...
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Zilthai (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Shadow (ie, protection) of Jehovah. (1.) A
Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:20). (2.) One of the captains of ...
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Za'anan (1 Occurrence)
... The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from
you his protection. (See RSV). << Zaanan, Za'anan. Zaanannim >>. Reference Bible
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Nazirite (10 Occurrences)
... of tempting Dionysiac elements, brought forth this religious protest in favor of
Israel's ancient and simpler way of living, and as a protection against luxury ...
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Outlaw (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A lawbreaker; a fugitive; a habitual criminal. 2. (vt) To deprive of the
benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. ...
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Joab (128 Occurrences)
... (b) 2 Samuel 3:12-29. Abner visits David at Hebron, and makes an alliance with David.
He then leaves the town, apparently under royal protection. ...
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Jason (5 Occurrences)
... 5:5). He took refuge with the Ammonites again, and then with Aretas, the Arabian,
and finally with the Lacedaemonians, where he hoped for protection "as being ...
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Jeroboam (96 Occurrences)
... the ten tribes; but these having been discovered, he fled to Egypt (1 Kings
11:29-40), where he remained for a length of time under the protection of Shishak ...
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Litter (1 Occurrence)
... a wooden frame with light mattress and pillows, also a covering above, supported
by upright pieces, sometimes having also side awnings for protection from the ...
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Lucius (2 Occurrences)
... consul who is said (1 Maccabees 15:16;) to have written a letter to Ptolemy Euergetes
securing to Simon the high priest and to the Jews the protection of Rome. ...
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Lee (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object;
the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a ...
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Lo-ammi (2 Occurrences)
... his children, are symbolic, and set forth Hosea's conviction that Israel has, through
sin, forfeited Yahweh's compassion, and can no longer claim His protection...
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Lysias (3 Occurrences)
... He therefore dispatched Paul under the protection of a bodyguard to Felix at Caesarea,
along with a letter explaining the circumstances (Acts 23:26-30. ...
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Loammi (1 Occurrence)
... his children, are symbolic, and set forth Hosea's conviction that Israel has, through
sin, forfeited Yahweh's compassion, and can no longer claim His protection...
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Gallio (3 Occurrences)
... Although Gallio extended his protection to the Jewish religion as one of the religions
recognized by the state, he contemptuously rejected the claim of the ...
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Guardian (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is
committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden. ...
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Wimple
... 1. (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly
worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress ...
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Ward (27 Occurrences)
... See the Note under Watch, n., 1. 2. (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison;
defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. ...
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Wall (227 Occurrences)
... a room. 3. (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural,
fortifications, in general; works for defense. 4. (n ...
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Invoke (13 Occurrences)
... (vt) To call on for aid or protection; to summon; to invite earnestly or solemnly;
to implore; as, to invoke the Supreme Being, or to invoke His and blessing. ...
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Inn (7 Occurrences)
... We cannot say when buildings were first used, but the need of shelter for caravans
traveling in winter, and of protection in dangerous times and districts ...
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War (529 Occurrences)
... There was a rearguard (called in the King James Version "rereward," in the Revised
Version (British and American) "rearward") to give protection on the march ...
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Fatherless (44 Occurrences)
... widow and the stranger, as typical instances of the unprotected and necessitous,
who are, specially subject to oppression, and also to God's special protection...
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Festivals (17 Occurrences)
... The first instance on record is thirty-three years after they had withdrawn from
themselves the divine protection by imbruing their hands in the Saviour's blood ...
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Facing (79 Occurrences)
... to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface. 3. (n.) A lining
placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection. ...
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Farm (9 Occurrences)
... For protection against wild beasts and Arab marauders everyone lived in a village
and went out to his fields, located perhaps miles away, only as occasion ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affectionate care,
counsel, or protection. 4. (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man. ...
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Face (780 Occurrences)
... 20. (vt) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon;
as, a building faced with marble. 21. (vt) To line near the edge, esp. ...
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Fasting (34 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:26 2 Chronicles 20:3) or of pestilence (Joel 1:13 f). Fasting having thus
become a recognized mode of seeking Divine favor and protection, it was ...
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Tassel (5 Occurrences)
... His outer garment, worn for protection against cold and rain, is the simlah
of Exodus 22:26, now known as 'abayah by the Arabs. ...
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Tribute (67 Occurrences)
... or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an
acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by ...
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Rail (8 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of
the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed. ...
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Roof (55 Occurrences)
... In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some
writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... host and guest, especially where they became covenant brothers, and between the
citizen and the stranger who had attached himself to him for his protection. ...
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Rahab (14 Occurrences)
... Joshua 2:1-7). They had been exposed to danger in Jericho, and had been saved by
the fidelity of Rahab the harlot, to whose house they had gone for protection. ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... That she was raised up as an instrument in the hand of God to avert the destruction
of the Jewish people, and to afford them protection and forward their ...
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Exposure (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving
of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt. ...
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Epistles (2 Occurrences)
... Abgarus, king of Osroene, which was a small country in Mesopotamia, writes from
Edessa, the capital, to our Lord, asking for healing and offering Him protection...
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Eye (145 Occurrences)
... Its great value and careful protection by the eyelids automatically closing when
there is the least possibility of danger made it the emblem of that which was ...
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Ezel (3 Occurrences)
... The inhabitant of Zaanan won't come out. The wailing of Beth Ezel will take from
you his protection. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ezel.htm - 8k

Escort (4 Occurrences)
... at sea. 2. (n.) Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
as, to travel under the escort of a friend. 3. (n.) To ...
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El-paran (1 Occurrence)
... Hither also came David when bereaved of Samuel's protection (1 Samuel 25:1). (3)
Mount Paran (Deuteronomy 33:2 Habakkuk 3:3) may be either Jebel Maqrah, 29 ...
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Elparan (1 Occurrence)
... Hither also came David when bereaved of Samuel's protection (1 Samuel 25:1). (3)
Mount Paran (Deuteronomy 33:2 Habakkuk 3:3) may be either Jebel Maqrah, 29 ...
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Enoch (18 Occurrences)
... The "city" would be a very simple affair, a place of protection for himself, wife
and household, perhaps connected with the fear spoken of in Genesis 4:14. ...
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Defilement (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading
fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side. ...
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