Strong's Hebrew · H1598

גָּנַן

gânan · gaw-nan'

defend.

Definition

to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 8 times in Scripture

Isaiah 37:35

‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Zechariah 9:15

The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

2 Kings 20:6

I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Isaiah 31:5

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

2 Kings 19:34

I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 38:6

And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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