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HebrewH5564Verb

סָמַךְ

sa.makh

43Occurrences
H5564Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lean or lay upon, rest upon, lean against 1a2) to support, uphold, sustain 1b) (Niphal) to support or brace oneself 1c) (Piel) to sustain, refresh, revive

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

סָמַךְ appears 43 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
14
Psalms
7
Isaiah
5
Numbers
4
Exodus
3
2 Chronicles
2
Ezk
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 29:23BSB

Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

Ezk 24:2BSB

Verse text unavailable

Judges 16:29BSB

And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,

Leviticus 4:15BSB

The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

Numbers 27:23BSB

and laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as the LORD had instructed through Moses.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.