Bible: Alive Saved Them

Repeated words found across different books in the Bible (KJV):
Exo 1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Exo 1:18
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

Num 31:15
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Jdgs 8:19
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

Jdgs 21:14
And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.