Strong’s H8551 · Hebrew
תָּמַךְ
tâmak · taw-mak'
Origin a primitive root;
Meaning to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
In the King James Version (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
In 20 verses of the King James Version
- 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.
- Exodus 17:12But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
- Job 36:17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
- Psalms 16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Psalms 17:5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Psalms 41:12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- Psalms 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
- Proverbs 3:18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- Proverbs 4:4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
- Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Proverbs 11:16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
- Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 31:19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
- Isaiah 33:15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
- Isaiah 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
- 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.
- Amos 1:5I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
- Amos 1:8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.