תָּמַךְ tamakh
Hebrew word for “to grasp” · Strong’s H8551 · used 21 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) to grasp, hold, support, attain, lay hold of, hold fast;
How it is translated
Glosses given for tamakh in context, with how often each is used:
- take hold 2
- have supported 2
- will attain 2
- holder 2
- grasped 1
- supported 1
- holding 1
- have held firm 1
- supports 1
- those who hold fast to 1
- hold fast to 1
- will be held 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 5 (2), Amos 1 (2), Genesis 48 (1), Exodus 17 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 16 (1), Psalms 17 (1), Psalms 41 (1), Psalms 63 (1), Proverbs 3 (1)
Forms
- יתמכו 4
- יתמך 3
- תמכו 2
- ותומך 2
- ויתמך 1
- תומיך 1
- תמך 1
- תמכת 1
- תמכה 1
- ותמכיה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tamakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָמִין yamin “right” 3
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
- נִי ni “me” 3
- שֵׁבֶט shevet “tribe” 2
- כַּף kaph “palm” 2
- כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 3
- רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 2
- כָּרַת karat “to cut” 2
- דָּם dam “blood” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 2
Key verses
The verses using tamakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Psalms 17:5 — Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
- Psalms 41:12 — And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
- Psalms 63:8 — My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
- Proverbs 3:18 — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
- Proverbs 4:4 — He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
- Proverbs 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Proverbs 28:17 — A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Proverbs 29:23 — A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Isaiah 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth…
- Isaiah 41:10 — Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right…
- Isaiah 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
See all 20 verses in the Word Atlas
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.