Question 1

What does "Deliver" mean in the King James Bible?

Accepted Answer

In the KJV, "Deliver" means "bring to your door." The snatching. Natsal was not a calm extraction but a violent rescue -- God grabbing you out of the jaws of the lion. 'Deliver us from evil' was not 'keep us safe' but 'snatch us from the clutches of the evil one.' The word carried the urgency and violence of a battlefield rescue.

Question 2

Why did the word "Deliver" disappear from modern English?

Accepted Answer

Hebrew natsal ('to snatch away from danger/rescue from the jaws of death/pull out of the enemy's grip') commercialized into 'bring a package to your door.' The most dramatic rescue word in Hebrew became a logistics term. The word was at peak usage around 1611 and declined by still used but commercialized (~1950).

Question 3

What modern word replaced "Deliver"?

Accepted Answer

"Deliver" was replaced by: "save" (though this generic; natsal was a dramatic, forceful snatching from immediate danger); "rescue" (though this close but lacks the ongoing-protection dimension; deliverance included the aftermath); "bring to you" (though this amazon appropriation; deliver once meant god ripping you from the teeth of the enemy).

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