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To defend

ἀμύνωStrong’s G0292

amunō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Amunō is the Greek word usually translated “defended”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:”
Acts 7:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “defended”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • he defended 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἀμύνω amunō · to defend

    ἀμύνω [in LXX (mid.): Jos.10:13 (נָקַם), נָקַם), Psa.118:10-12 מוּל hi.), Isa.59:16 (יָשַׁע hi.), Wis.11:3, al. ;] to ward off, etc. Mid. (a) to defend oneself against; (b) to requite; (with) = act., to defend, assist (Isa, l.with): with accusative of person(s), Act.7:24 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “defend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    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.
    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.
    All definitions and other forms of “defend”
    1. To secure against attacks or evil; to fortify against danger or violence; to set obstacles to the approach of any thing that can annoy.

    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). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.