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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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1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:22 · retained source text

Then Dauid saide to Ornan, Grant mee the place of this threshing floore, that I may build an Altar therein vnto the LORD: thou shalt grant it mee for the full price, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

1611 marginal noteHeb. giue.

2 Chronicles 18:34
And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:34 · retained source text

And the battell increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himselfe vp in his charet against the Syrians, vntill the Euen: and about the time of the sunne going downe, hee dyed.

Job 38:11
And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 38:11 · retained source text

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and heere shall thy proud waues be stayed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the pride of thy waues.

Psalms 106:30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:30 · retained source text

Then stood vp Phinehas, and executed iudgement: and so the plague was stayed.

1611 marginal noteNum. 25.7.

Isaiah 26:3
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:3 · retained source text

Thou wilt keepe him in perfect peace, whose minde is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. peace, peace.

1611 marginal noteOr, thought, or imagination.

Lamentations 4:6
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:6 · retained source text

For the punishment of the iniquitie of the daughter of my people, is greater then the punishment of the sinne of Sodom, that was ouerthrowen as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteGen.19.25.

Ezekiel 31:15
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Haggai 1:10 · retained source text

Therefore the heauen ouer you is stayed from dew, and the earth is staied from her fruite.

1611 marginal noteDeut.28.23.

Luke 4:42
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 4:42 · retained source text

And when it was day, he departed, and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came vnto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

Acts 19:22
So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
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1611 witness · Acts 19:22 · retained source text

So hee sent into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto him, Timotheus and Erastus, but he himselfe stayed in Asia for a season.

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