H8551 תָּמַךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 21 KJV occurrences
תָּמַךְ
tâmak · taw-mak'
Definition
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
KJV Renderings
(take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 21)
- Genesis 48:17And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
- Job 36:17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
- Psalms 41:12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- Proverbs 5:22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Proverbs 31:19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
- Isaiah 42:1Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.