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Sustain (28 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions
to sustain an army. ... Multi-Version Concordance Sustain (28 Occurrences). ...
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Bear (425 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To support or sustain; to hold up. ... 5. (vt) To sustain; to have on (written
or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription. ...
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Support (135 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in
a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar ...
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Suffer (195 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear
up under. ... 7. (vi) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage. ...
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Sustains (11 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 41:3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from
his bed of illness. (See RSV). Psalms 54:4 Behold, God is my helper. ...
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Weather (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome;
to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. ...
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Float (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain
weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of ...
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Sustained (20 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Sustain. 2. (a.) Held up to
a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained ...
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Hold (500 Occurrences)
... To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits,
or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain ...
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Provide (74 Occurrences)
... RSV). 2 Samuel 19:33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and
I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem." (See RSV NIV). 1 ...
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Shaken (62 Occurrences)
... ASV). Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved. (See NAS). ...
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Vindicate (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert
convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, to vindicate a right, claim, or title ...
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Zar'ephath (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there;
behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.' (See RSV). ...
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Zarephath (4 Occurrences)
... Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain
you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). 1 Kings 17 ...
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Kite (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit,
as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not ...
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Negeb (37 Occurrences)
... wilderness of the desert; it is essentially a pastoral land, where grazing is plentiful
in the early months and where camels and goats can sustain life, even ...
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Negev (39 Occurrences)
... wilderness of the desert; it is essentially a pastoral land, where grazing is plentiful
in the early months and where camels and goats can sustain life, even ...
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Undergo (91 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer;
to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or ...
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Uphold (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate. 2. (vt)
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling; to maintain. ...
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Grape-cakes (4 Occurrences)
... in Israel. (YLT). Song of Songs 2:5 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support
me with citrons, for I 'am' sick with love. (YLT). Isaiah ...
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Guide (89 Occurrences)
... mine eye," the Revised Version (British and American) "I will counsel thee with
mine eye upon thee," Psalm 32:8); of kul, "to contain," "to sustain" (Psalm 112 ...
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Geology
... Cretaceous limestone (C), and the last by Tertiary deposits (T). The Quaternary,
or Recent, deposits (R) and also the Eruptive rocks (E) sustain no constant ...
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Weak (102 Occurrences)
... enfeebled; exhausted. 3. (vi) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure,
or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. 4. (vi) Not ...
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Waste (668 Occurrences)
... grow less. 9. (vi) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said
of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc. 10. (n.) The ...
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Wakens (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 50:4 The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that
I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary: he wakens morning by ...
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Ismachiah (1 Occurrence)
... is-ma-ki'-a (yicmakhyahu, "Yah will sustain"): One of the "overseers under the hand
of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king ...
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Illness (15 Occurrences)
... physicians. (See NIV). Psalms 41:3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and
restore him from his bed of illness. (WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Infirmities (17 Occurrences)
... hate thee. (DBY). Psalms 41:3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and
restore him from his bed of illness. (See RSV). Isaiah 53 ...
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Fight (265 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by
struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause. ...
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Faint-hearted (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 5:14 But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort
the faint-hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. (DBY). ...
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Foster (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. 2. (vt) To cherish; to promote
the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius. ...
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Timid (8 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly,
comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all. (WEY NIV). ...
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Turnest (12 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). Psalms 41:3 Jehovah will sustain him upon the bed of
languishing: thou turnest all his bed in his sickness. (DBY). ...
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Raisin-cakes (7 Occurrences)
... in Israel. (DBY). Song of Songs 2:5 Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh
me with apples; For I am sick of love. (DBY). Isaiah ...
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Restorer (2 Occurrences)
... Ruth 4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age,
for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons ...
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Efforts (11 Occurrences)
... in vain. (See NIV). Job 36:19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress,
or all the might of your strength? (See NIV). Ecclesiastes ...
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Endure (90 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking
or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to ...
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Esau (89 Occurrences)
... There was a prenatal foreshadowing of the relation his descendants were to sustain
to those of his younger brother, Jacob (Genesis 25:23). ...
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Daughter-in-law (16 Occurrences)
... Ruth 4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age,
for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons ...
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Dependent (35 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist,
or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of ...
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Martyr (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great
value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause. ...
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Melts (11 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Psalms 119:28 My soul melteth away for heaviness; sustain me according
unto Thy word. (See RSV). Psalms 147:18 He sends out his word, and melts them. ...
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Mast (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright
in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. ...
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Maintain (50 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain;
to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain ...
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Puttest (18 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Psalms 119:116 Sustain me according to Thy saying, And I live, and
Thou puttest me not to shame Because of my hope. (YLT). ...
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Barzil'lai (10 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 2 Samuel 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai: 'Come thou over with
me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem.' (See RSV). ...
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Barzillai (10 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 19:33 The king said to Barzillai, "Come over with me, and I will sustain
you with me in Jerusalem." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Brace (3 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders. 10. (n.) Harness; warlike
preparation. 11. (n.) Armor for the arm; vantbrace. 12. ...
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Cuckow (2 Occurrences)
... the "sea-mew" (which see) which is substituted for cuckoo in the Revised Version
(British and American) with good natural-history reason to sustain the change. ...
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Citrons (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Citrons (2 Occurrences). Song of Songs 2:5 Sustain me
with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I 'am' sick with love. (YLT). ...
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Carry (246 Occurrences)
... (3) "To uphold," or "sustain," "and even to hoar hairs will I carry you" (Isaiah
46:4). (4) "To bear," or "endure," as, "to carry sorrows" (Isaiah 53:4). (5 ...
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Cuckoo (2 Occurrences)
... the "sea-mew" (which see) which is substituted for cuckoo in the Revised Version
(British and American) with good natural-history reason to sustain the change. ...
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Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)
... Some hold that he was the grandfather of Bathsheba, and make much of this in forming
their estimates of him. Does the evidence sustain this view? ...
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Abide (162 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide
my time. 5. (vt) To endure; to sustain; to submit to. ...
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Suffering (104 Occurrences)
... Think ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they
have suffered these things?" (Luke 13:2). (5) "To sustain loss": "If any man's ...
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Sickbed (2 Occurrences)
... as hers. (See RSV). Psalms 41:3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed,
and restore him from his bed of illness. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Suspicions (1 Occurrence)

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Spurn (13 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 7. (n.) A body of coal
left to sustain an overhanging mass. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Spiritual (42 Occurrences)
... The context shows that the purpose of His eating was to convince the disciples that
it was really He (Luke 24:41-43), and not to sustain life which His body ...
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Stand (542 Occurrences)
... abide. 18. (n.) To appear in court. 19. (vt) To endure; to sustain; to bear;
as, I can not stand the cold or the heat. 20. (vt) To ...
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Strong (736 Occurrences)
... 3. (superl.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence;
able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a ...
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Sustainer (2 Occurrences)
... Ruth 4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age,
for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons ...
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Swelled (5 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. ...
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Stay (221 Occurrences)
... hold up; to support. 3. (vi) To support from sinking; to sustain with strength;
to satisfy in part or for the time. 4. (vi) To bear ...
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Belongeth (36 Occurrences)
... (ASV JPS). 1 Kings 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon,
and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. ...
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Zidon (25 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. ...
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Peacock
... While the peacock wing seems out of proportion to the size of the bird,
it will sustain flight and bear the body to the treetops. ...
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Inspect (22 Occurrences)
... in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And
the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh ...
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Infirmity (22 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
but a wounded spirit who can bear? (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Raising (29 Occurrences)
... in the land, The cut off he doth not inspect, The shaken off he doth not seek, And
the broken he doth not heal, The standing he doth not sustain, And the flesh ...
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Providence (3 Occurrences)
... secondly, animate existence, embracing the vegetable and animal world, over which
God exercises that providential care which is necessary to sustain the life ...
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Permit (36 Occurrences)
... (YLT RSV). Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you.
He will never allow the righteous to be moved. (See RSV). ...
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Premillennial
... and pray. The servants are those who sustain responsible relation to the
Lord because of the trust committed to them. The rebellious ...
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Supply (40 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Kings 17:9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay
there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you." (See NIV). ...
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Wear (56 Occurrences)
... NAS RSV NIV). Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone sustain your wear,
and your burden, and your strife? (DBY). Deuteronomy 8:4 ...
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Millennium
... and pray. The servants are those who sustain responsible relation to the
Lord because of the trust committed to them. The rebellious ...
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Banquet (58 Occurrences)
... There are only two meals a day, the smaller at 10 or 11 o'clock in the morning,
the second and larger after sunset." There seems no evidence to sustain the view ...
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Loves (97 Occurrences)
... Ruth 4:15 He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age,
for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons ...
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Waxed (57 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 9:21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. ...
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