תָּמַךְ
tāmak
grasp
Strong's H8551VerbHebrewTWOT 2520

תָּמַךְ (tāmak) is a Hebrew verb meaning grasp. It appears 21 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8551).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2520)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2520)grasp, support, attain; lay hold of, hold up, hold, keep; sustain, obtain, keep fast, help, follow close; maintain, retain, stay
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תָּמַךְ verb: grasp, support, attain

Strong's H8551 תָּמַךְ: to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
KJV:(take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 48:17Exodus 17:12Job 36:17

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