Joshua 3:17
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
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Firm
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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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יָצַק
yâtsaq · yaw-tsak'
2 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
Strong's KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 41:23Strong's last: Job 41:24
Open full H3332 profile →כּוּן
kûwn · koon
2 times translated as this KJV form219 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
Strong's KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, × very deed.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Joshua 3:17Strong's last: Joshua 4:3
Open full H3559 profile →βέβαιος
bébaios · beb'-ah-yos
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
stable (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--firm, of force, stedfast, sure.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 3:6Strong's last: Hebrews 3:6
Open full G949 profile →בָּרִיא
bârîyʼ · baw-ree'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
fatted or plump
Strong's KJV usage: fat ((fleshed), -ter), fed, firm, plenteous, rank.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 73:4Strong's last: Psalms 73:4
Open full H1277 profile →תְּקֵף
tᵉqêph · tek-afe'
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to become (causatively, make) mighty or (figuratively) obstinate
Strong's KJV usage: make firm, harden, be(-come) strong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 6:7Strong's last: Daniel 6:7
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firm
FIRM, adjective ferm. [Latin firmus. This is the root of Latin ferrum, iron.]
1. Properly, fixed; hence, applied to the matter of bodies, it signifies closely compressed; compact; hard; solid; as firm flesh; firm muscles; some species of wood are more firm than others; a cloth of firm texture.
2. Fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily moved; as a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent or supporter; a firm man, or a man of firm resolution.
3. Solid; not giving way; opposed to fluid; as firm land.
FIRM, noun ferm. A partnership or house; or the name or title under which a company transact business; as the firm of Hope _ Co.
FIRM, verb transitive ferm. [Latin firmo.] To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish.
And Jove has firm'd it with an awful nod.
This word is rarely used, except in poetry. In prose, we use confirm.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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