Hebrew word study

סָמַךְçâmak to prop (literally or figuratively)

Pronounced “saw-mak'

to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

Translated in the King James as: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.

Appears 48 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 1×
Genesis 27:37
Exodus 3×
Exodus 29:10Exodus 29:15Exodus 29:19
Leviticus 14×
Leviticus 1:4Leviticus 3:2Leviticus 3:8Leviticus 3:13Leviticus 4:4Leviticus 4:15Leviticus 4:24Leviticus 4:29Leviticus 4:33Leviticus 8:14Leviticus 8:18Leviticus 8:22Leviticus 16:21Leviticus 24:14
Numbers 4×
Numbers 8:10Numbers 8:12Numbers 27:18Numbers 27:23
Deuteronomy 1×
Deuteronomy 34:9
Judges 1×
Judges 16:29
2 Kings 1×
2 Ki 18:21
2 Chronicles 2×
2 Chr 29:232 Chr 32:8
Psalms 11×
Psalms 3:5Psalms 37:17Psalms 37:24Psalms 51:12Psalms 54:4Psalms 71:6Psalms 88:7Psalms 111:8Psalms 112:8Psalms 119:116Psalms 145:14
Song of Solomon 1×
Song 2:5
Isaiah 6×
Isaiah 26:3Isaiah 36:6Isaiah 48:2Isaiah 59:16Isaiah 63:5+ 1 more in Isaiah
Ezekiel 2×
Ezekiel 24:2Ezekiel 30:6
Amos 1×
Amos 5:19

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