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# deliverance

«deliverance» in Mova's school dictionary: **being rescued or set free from danger, suffering or evil** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (deliverance — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Deliverance is being rescued or set free from danger, suffering or evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) In Christian and Jewish teaching, deliverance means God saving people, as when God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Christians pray «deliver us from evil». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A stiff and religious word: in Bible stories (the Exodus, Daniel in the lions' den) and hymns, deliverance means God's rescue. In adventure stories it means the moment of rescue after long danger. Phrases: «deliverance from slavery», «pray for deliverance», «a day of deliverance».

### examples

- The Israelites celebrated their deliverance from Egypt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x1)
- The sailors prayed for deliverance from the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x2)
- Passover remembers God's deliverance of the Israelites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x3)
- The rescue boat was their only hope of deliverance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x4)
- Daniel's deliverance from the lions amazed the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x5)
- The prisoners waited many years for deliverance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x6)
- He rose and thanked God for his deliverance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/#x7)

### note

Uncountable and formal. From «deliver» (to rescue, as well as to bring parcels). Trap: deliverance is not «delivery» (bringing a parcel or giving birth). The Lord's Prayer says «deliver us from evil» — save us from evil.

### In the corpora

- [And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1481/)
- [Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary; with songs of deliverance Thou wilt compass me about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.479/)
- [God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1111/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deliverance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deliverance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.