Words the Bible translates as stand
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- histēmiἵστημιto stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
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- to set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
- qumקוּםto rise up, stand, and stay standing, and to raise up or make something stand, the whole arc from getting to one's feet to bringing a covenant or kingdom into lasting force
- amadעָמַדto stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
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- to remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
- to set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- natsavנָצַבto take up a fixed standing position, or to put something firmly in place: to stand stationed, to stand firm, and to set up or erect.
- yatsavיָצַבto plant oneself in place: to take up a position and hold it, whether to wait, to appear before someone, or to stand one's ground
- qumקוּםto stand or rise, and to make something stand: to get to one's feet or come on the scene, and to set up, appoint, or firmly establish
- mekhonahמְכוֹנָהa base or stand: the fixed support an object is set on to hold it in place
- kenכֵּןa stand: the fixed support something is set on, and so the post a person holds
- stēkōστήκωto stand: to be on one's feet, and by extension to hold one's ground and not give way
- saphaphסָפַףto standnot studied yet
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