סָמַךְ samakh

Hebrew word for “to support” · Strong’s H5564 · used 48 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

1) to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon;

How it is translated

Glosses given for samakh in context, with how often each is used:

• will lean 11
• will lay 6
• leaned 3
• sustained 3
• laid 2
• will support himself 2
• sustaining 2
• sustain 2
• have sustained 1
• had laid 1
• supported himself 1
• supported themselves 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 4 (5), Exodus 29 (3), Leviticus 3 (3), Leviticus 8 (3), Numbers 8 (2), Numbers 27 (2), Psalms 37 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Leviticus 1 (1), Leviticus 16 (1)

Forms

• וסמך 12
• וסמכו 4
• ויסמכו 4
• ויסמך 3
• סומך 3
• סמך 2
• יסמך 2
• סמוך 2
• סמכתיו 1
• יסמכו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with samakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רֹאשׁ rosh “head” 18
• שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 8
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 10
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 7
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 6
• פַּר par “bullock” 5
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 5
• זְרוֹעַ zeroa “arm” 4
• ךָּ ka “you” 6
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 5
• זָרַק zaraq “to scatter” 3
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 4

Key verses

The verses using samakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 1:4 — And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
• Leviticus 8:14 — And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
• Leviticus 16:21 — And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their…
• Numbers 27:18 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
• 2 Chronicles 32:8 — With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah…
• Psalms 37:17 — For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
• Psalms 37:24 — Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
• Psalms 51:12 — Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
• Isaiah 26:3 — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed because he trusteth in thee.
• Isaiah 48:2 — For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
• Isaiah 59:16 — And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained…
• Amos 5:19 — As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.