Quick Definition
to grasp
Strong's Definition
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
TWOT Reference: 2520
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
תָּמַךְ (ta.makh) — to grasp. 1) to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to grasp, lay hold of, attain 1a2) to hold up, support 1a3) to hold, keep 1a4) to take hold of each other 1b) (Niphal) to be seized, be held
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Hold | verb qal
to grasp, to hold = action by which humans take hold of objects with their hands
Control | verb qal
to hold, to control literally: to take hold of; hence: = state in which deities are in full control of humans and what happens to them
Control | verb nif | ≈ לכד
Collocation: תמך בְחֲבָלִים
to seize literally: to be held by (the) ropes (of one's activities); = process by which humans are controled by certain activities from which they cannot easily escape
Engage | verb qal
to acquire (a quality) literally: to grasp; hence: = process by which human acquire a certain quality or status
Engage | verb qal
to hold fast literally: to grasp; hence: = action by which humans are actively involved in a certain event
Leaders | verb qal ptc.act
Collocation: תמך שֵׁבֶט
he who holds the scepter, ruler, king literally: he who holds the scepter; hence: = supreme secular and male ruler of a nation or people
Dead | verb qal
Collocation: צְעָדִים תמך שְׁאֹול
(one's) steps lead to sheol literally: (one's) steps take hold of sheol; hence: = process by which one's activities lead to a certain death
Possess | verb qal
to acquire, to obtain literally: to grasp, hold; hence: = action by which humans acquire possessions for themselves
1 JOB 36:17 NJB "orphan" = יתמ ...
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תָּמַךְ] vb. grasp, support, attain Qal grasp, lay hold of
hold up, support
hold, keep
Niph. in the cords of his sin is he seized
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