They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:19 · retained source text
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the LORD was my stay.
KJV dictionary & concordance
stay
Meaning of “stay”
1. To remain, wait, stop, or delay; as a noun, a halt or standstill. 2. To support, sustain, rely, or rest upon. 3. To restrain or hold back. 4. As a noun, a support, prop, defence, person, or provision depended upon.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
33 occurrences30 verses16 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 19:17
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “stay”
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 24:16 · retained source text
And when the Angel stretched out his hand vpon Ierusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the euill, and said to the Angel that destroyed the people, It is ynough: stay now thine hand. And the Angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Iebusite.
1611 marginal note1.Sam. 15.11.
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:15 · retained source text
And God sent an Angel vnto Ierusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the euill, and said to the Angel that destroyed, It is ynough, stay now thine hand. And the Angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.
1611 marginal noteOr, Araunah. 2.sam. 24.18.
1611 marginal note2.Sam. 24.16.
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 37:4 · retained source text
After it a voyce roareth: he thundreth with the voice of his excellencie, and hee will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:37 · retained source text
Who can number the cloudes in wisedome? or who can stay the bottles of heauen,
1611 marginal noteHeb. who can cause to lie downe.
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 18:18 · retained source text
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the LORD was my stay.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 28:17 · retained source text
A man that doth violence to the blood of any person, shall flie to the pit, let no man stay him.
1611 marginal noteGen. 9.6. exod.21.14
stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:5 · retained source text
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. straw me with apples.
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,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:1 · retained source text
¶ For behold, the LORD, the LORD of hostes doeth take away from Ierusalem, and from Iudah, the stay and the staffe, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:20 · retained source text
¶ And it shal come to passe in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iacob, shall no more againe stay vpon him that smote them: but shall stay vpon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel in trueth.
Complete reference index — all 30 verses
Genesis 19:17Exodus 9:28Leviticus 13:5Leviticus 13:23Leviticus 13:28Leviticus 13:37Joshua 10:19Ruth 1:131 Samuel 15:161 Samuel 20:382 Samuel 22:192 Samuel 24:161 Chronicles 21:15Job 37:4Job 38:37Psalms 18:18Proverbs 28:17Song of Solomon 2:5Isaiah 3:1Isaiah 10:20Isaiah 19:13Isaiah 29:9Isaiah 30:12Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 48:2Isaiah 50:10Jeremiah 4:6Jeremiah 20:9Daniel 4:35Hosea 13:13
Where “stay” appears
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2 verses1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah11 occurrences
8 versesJeremiah2 occurrences
2 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
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1 verseLeviticus4 occurrences
4 versesJoshua1 occurrence
1 verseRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel2 occurrences
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2 verses1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesPsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah11 occurrences
8 versesJeremiah2 occurrences
2 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
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Definition evidence
Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Skeat 1893
Open source edition ↗a support.
Skeat 1893
Open source edition ↗to support.