Words the Bible translates as sustain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- samakhסָמַךְto press one's weight onto something or someone: to lean on it, lay a hand firmly on it, or hold it up
- kulכּוּלto provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
+3 more meanings
- to contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
- to bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- sa'adסָעַדto hold something up so it does not give way, by supplying whatever keeps it standing
- nahalנָהַלto lead those who cannot lead themselves: to conduct, guide, and provide for the dependent
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