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ὑπερασπίζω

MainId: 005118000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: υ

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005118001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἀσπίς', 'Meanings': [{'LanguageCode': 'en', 'Meaning': 'round shield'}, {'LanguageCode': 'zhT', 'Meaning': '圓盾'}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005118001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 21.12

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Danger, Risk, Safe, Save

      LEXSubDomains: Safe, Free from Danger

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-19 08:27:05

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of ὑπερασπίζω ‘to hold a shield over,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause to be safe or protected by hiding, in some contexts with the intent of not being found

         Glosses: ['to keep safe', 'to cause to be protected', 'to protect', 'to hide']

         Comments: This word is found as a variant reading only: ὑπερασπίζειν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου ‘to keep them safe from the world’ {S:05900102700044} (apparatus).

      LEXReferences: YAC 1:27