Strong’s H1598 · Hebrew
גָּנַן
gânan · gaw-nan'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect
In the King James Version defend.
In 7 verses of the King James Version
- 2 Kings 19:34For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- 2 Kings 20:6And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Isaiah 31:5As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
- Isaiah 37:35For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- Isaiah 38:6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
- Zechariah 9:15The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
- Zechariah 12:8In 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.