8551 - tamak

Strong's Concordance

Original word: תָּמַך
Transliteration: tamak
Definition (short): uphold
Definition (full): to sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to grasp, support, attain
NASB Translation: attain (1), attains (1), grasp (1), grasped (1), held (1), held fast (1), hold (1), hold her fast (1), hold fast (1), holds (2), obtain (1), support (2), supported (1), take hold (2), uphold (3), upholds (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close -- (take, up-)hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
KJV: And 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.
NASB: When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
KJV: But 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.
NASB: But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set.
KJV: But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
NASB: "But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you.
KJV: The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
NASB: The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot.
KJV: Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
NASB: My steps have held fast to Your paths. My feet have not slipped.