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 →

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 →

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 →
• The sailors prayed for deliverance from the storm. tree →
• Passover remembers God's deliverance of the Israelites. tree →
• The rescue boat was their only hope of deliverance. tree →
• Daniel's deliverance from the lions amazed the king. tree →
• The prisoners waited many years for deliverance. tree →
• He rose and thanked God for his deliverance. tree →

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.
• Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from the adversary; with songs of deliverance Thou wilt compass me about.
• God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues of death.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deliverance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.