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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Defender of the Weak
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Defender of the Faith
King James Dictionary
• Defending
• Defended
• Defend
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tie, Defender of the
• Faith, Defender of the
• Defender of the Tie
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Defend
Webster Dictionary
• Defending
• Defender
• Defended
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Defendant
• Defender of the Faith
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Faith
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Defender of the Matrimonial Tie
Lexicons
• ܢܦ݂ܰܩ
• ἀμύνομαι
• ἀπολογέομαι
• גָּנַן
• דּוֹן דוּּן, , דִּין
• יָשַׁע ישַׁע, , מוֹשִׁיעַ
•   (only first 3 shown)

"to ward off," is used in the Middle Voice in Acts 7:24 , of the assistance given by Moses to his fellow Israelite against an Egyptian (translated, "defended"). The Middle Voice indicates the special personal interest Moses had in the act.