单词 | a brand from the burning or from the fire |
释义 | > as lemmasa brand from the burning or from the fire b. a brand from the burning or from the fire (in allusion to Zechariah 3:2 and Amos 4:11): a person delivered from imminent danger. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > [noun] > one who is rescued a brand from the burning or from the firec1384 rescuee1950 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. iii. 2 Wher this is not a dead brond rauyshid of the fijr? 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. iii. 2 Is not this a brande taken out of the fyre? 1779 J. Wesley Coll. Hymns (1831) 170 O Jesus, of thee I inquire, If still thou art able..The brand to pluck out of the fire. 1822 R. Cox Life Fletcher ii. 17 His prayer hence was, ‘Save me, Lord, as a brand snatched out of the fire’. < as lemmas |
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