Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8551
תָּמַךְ
ta.makh · “to grasp”
Used 21 times across 7 books
Definition
1) to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grasp, lay hold of, attain
1a2) to hold up, support
1a3) to hold, keep
1a4) to take hold of each other
1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be held
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to grasp, lay hold of, attain
1a2) to hold up, support
1a3) to hold, keep
1a4) to take hold of each other
1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be held
Where it appears
Genesis1
Exodus1
Job1
Psalms4
Proverbs9
Isaiah3
Amos2
In the text
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 41:13Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.Psalms 63:9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.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.
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