2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
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Leaned
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John 21:20
Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
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שָׁעַן
shâʻan · shaw-an'
4 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to support one's self
Strong's KJV usage: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 1:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 29:7
Open full H8172 profile →ἀναπίπτω
anapíptō · an-ap-ip'-to
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to fall back, i.e. lie down, lean back
Strong's KJV usage: :--lean, sit down (to meat).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 21:20Strong's last: John 21:20
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çâmak · saw-mak'
1 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences
to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
Strong's KJV usage: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Amos 5:19Strong's last: Amos 5:19
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H8172
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
H8172
And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
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lean
LEAN, verb intransitive [Gr., Latin clino.]
1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; or to be in a position thus deviating. We say, a column leans to the north or to the east; it leans to the right or left.
2. To incline or propend; to tend toward.
They delight rather to lean to their old customs -
3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.
4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.
LEAN, verb transitive
1. To incline; to cause to lean
2. To conceal. [Not in use.]
LEAN, adjective [Latin lenis, and Eng. slender.]
1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as a lean body; a lean man or animal.
2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as lean earth.
3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as a lean action. [Unusual.]
4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as a lean discourse or dissertation.
LEAN, noun That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.
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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