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stay to support, to hold up; a support
Psalm 18:18 — "the LORD was my stay" — is a prop holding someone upright. The sense of remaining in place is also in the King James, so read the sentence.
Means: to support, to hold up; a supportIn the KJV: 68 timesStill in use, different meaning
Forms in the text
Where it appears
stay appears 68 times in the King James Version, mostly in the sense it still carries today. These are the places where it means to support, to hold up; a support.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Common questions
What does "stay" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version stay means to support, to hold up; a support. Psalm 18:18 — "the LORD was my stay" — is a prop holding someone upright. The sense of remaining in place is also in the King James, so read the sentence.
How many times does "stay" appear in the King James Version?
68 times, counting its other forms (stay 33 times, stayed 31 times, stays 4 times).
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