Words the Bible translates as stand firm
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hupomenōὑπομένωto endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
+1 more meaning
- to stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
- 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
- stēkōστήκωto stand: to be on one's feet, and by extension to hold one's ground and not give way
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