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stand

Meaning of “stand”

Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.

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274 occurrences267 verses47 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:9

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Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 1:6 · retained source text

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fiercenesse of his anger? his furie is powred out like fire, and the rocks are throwen downe by him.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stand vp.

Nahum 2:8
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 2:8 · retained source text

But Nineueh is of olde like a poole of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand shall they cry: but none shal looke backe.

1611 marginal noteOr, from the dayes that she hath bene.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause them to turn.

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