KJV dictionary & concordance

stayed

Meaning of “stayed”

Past-tense or past-participial form of stay. Sense 1: Remained, waited, stopped, or delayed. Sense 2: Supported, sustained, relied, or rested upon. Sense 3: Restrained or held back.

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31 occurrences30 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:10

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Ezekiel 31:15

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Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:15 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD God, In the day when hee went downe to the graue, I caused a mourning, I couered the deepe for him, and I restrained the floods therof, and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourne for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to be blacke.

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Joshua 10:13 2 Samuel 24:16 Isaiah 10:20 Luke 8:44 Isaiah 10:21 Genesis 8:10 Exodus 17:12 Deuteronomy 10:10 1 Samuel 30:9 2 Kings 4:6 2 Chronicles 18:34 Lamentations 4:6 Acts 19:22