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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Sustain
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Proverbs 18:14
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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כּוּל
kûwl · kool
4 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
Strong's KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
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The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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sustain
SUSTA'IN, verb transitive [Latin sustineo; sub and teneo, to hold under.]
1. To bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; pillars sustain an edifice; a beast sustains a load.
2. To hold; to keep from falling; as, a rope sustains a weight.
3. To support; to keep from sinking in despondence. The hope of a better life sustains the afflicted amidst all their sorrows.
4. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; as provisions to sustain a family or an army.
5. To support in any condition by aid; to assist or relieve.
His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain
6. To bear; to endure without failing or yielding. The mind stands collected and sustains the shock.
Shall Turnus then such endless toil sustain?
7. To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
You shall sustain more new disgraces.
8. To maintain; to support; not to dismiss or abate. Notwithstanding the plea in bar or in abatement, the court sustained the action or suit.
9. To maintain as a sufficient ground. The testimony or the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the action, the accusation, the charges, or the impeachment.
10. In music, to continue, as the sound of notes through their whole length.
SUSTA'IN, noun That which upholds. [Not in use.]
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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