Quick Definition
to support
Strong's Definition
to suport (mostly figurative)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: comfort, establish, hold up, refresh self, strengthen, be upholden.
TWOT Reference: 1525
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָעַד (sa.ad) — to support. 1) to support, sustain, stay, establish, strengthen, comfort 1a) (Qal) to support, sustain 1a1) to sustain, stay (of heart) 1a2) to support, uphold (of throne) Aramaic equivalent: se.ad (סְעַד "to support" H5583)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִסְעָד
Strong | verb qal
to strengthen, to support, to sustain = causative action by which deities provide humans with physical, political, or military strength
Confident | verb qal
to uphold literally: to strengthen; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities provide mental strength and courage to (other) humans
Endure | verb qal
to uphold, to keep in place = causative action by which certain qualities cause a situation to endure
Ingest | verb qal
Collocation: סעד לֵב · סעד לֵבָב
to have something to eat, to have a bite literally: to strengthen (one's) heart; hence: = action by which humans have a meal and so gain new strength
GEN 18:5 · JDG 19:5 · JDG 19:8 · 1KI 13:7 · PSA 104:15
1 1KI 13:7 The word לֵב or לֵבָב is not present but clearly implied.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סָעַד vb. support, sustain, stay base