Words the Bible translates as stop
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 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
- 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
- pauōπαύωto stop, cease: to bring or come to a halt, leaving off an action or letting something run out
- ḥatamחָתַםto seal: to press a seal onto something in order to authorize it, secure it shut, or close it off
- dialeipōδιαλείπωto stopnot studied yet
- phrassōφράσσωto stopnot studied yet
- atamאָטַםto shut an opening tight: to close off an ear or the lips, or to build a window closed rather than open
- qaphatsקָפַץto shut something tight, especially a hand or a mouth, so that nothing comes out of it.
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- to bound: to spring lightly across rough ground.
- sakharסָכַרto stopnot studied yet
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