Quick Definition
to support
Strong's Definition
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
TWOT Reference: 1514
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָמַךְ (sa.makh) — to support. 1) to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lean or lay upon, rest upon, lean against 1a2) to support, uphold, sustain 1b) (Niphal) to support or brace oneself 1c) (Piel) to sustain, refresh, revive
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · סְמַכְיָהוּ
Stance | verb qal
to lay (one's hand on), to rest (one's hand on) = action by which humans put their hand(s) on another human, an animal, or an object ► often as a ritual before sacrifice or a sign of authority or punishment
EXO 29:10 · EXO 29:15 · EXO 29:19 · LEV 1:4 · LEV 3:2 · LEV 3:8 · LEV 3:13 · LEV 4:4 · LEV 4:15 · LEV 4:24 · LEV 4:29 · LEV 4:33 · LEV 8:14 · LEV 8:18 · LEV 8:22 · LEV 16:21 · LEV 24:14 · NUM 8:10 · NUM 8:12 · NUM 27:18 · NUM 27:23 · DEU 34:9 · 2CH 29:23
Stance | verb nif, verb qal
to lean = action by which humans put a hand on or against an object for support or strength
Confident | verb nif, verb qal
to be confident, to be encouraged, to rely on, to depend on = process by which humans receive mental strength as a result of the help provided by others
Confident | verb qal
to uphold, to sustain = causative process by which deities provide mental strength to humans
Conflict | verb qal
to lay siege, to attack literally: to lean on; hence: = action by which an army puts pressure on a city by laying siege to it
Endure | verb qal ptc.pass
to be established, to be sustained = process by which laws endure for a long period of time
Safe | verb qal | ≈ רפד
to uphold, to support literally: to uphold; hence: = action by which humans or deities provide help and support to (other) humans
GEN 27:37 · PSA 3:6 · PSA 54:6 · PSA 119:116 · ISA 59:16 · ISA 63:5 · ISA 63:5
Intense | verb qal
to lie heavily (on someone) = process by which an event is heavily affecting humans
Strong | verb qal, verb pi
to uphold = action by which humans or deities keep (other) humans from falling or collapsing by taking hold of them
PSA 37:17 · PSA 37:24 · PSA 145:14 · SNG 2:5 · EZK 30:6
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָמַךְ 48 vb. lean, lay, rest, support Qal 41
lean or lay hand upon
intrans. thy wrath hath rested upon me
support, uphold, sustain
Niph. reflex. support, or brace oneself
Pi. sustain (refresh, revive) me with raisin-cakes.
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