Strong's Hebrew · H5337
נָצַל
nâtsal · naw-tsal'
[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
Definition
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 212 times in Scripture
“you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.”
“I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.”
“Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.”
“So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.””
“Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.”
“Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.””
“When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.”
““An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.””
“Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.””
““Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.”
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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).