KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: As a noun, a cut branch, rod, or slender piece of wood. Sense 2: As a verb, to adhere, remain fast, project, or be fixed in or upon something.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 2 Kings 6:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
And the man of God said, Where fell it? and hee shewed him the place: and he cut downe a sticke, and cast it in thither, and the yron did swimme.
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seene; and his bones that were not seene, sticke out.
They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
They are ioyned one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
For thine arrowes sticke fast in me; and thy hand presseth me sore.
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
Their visage is blacker then a cole: they are not knowen in the streets: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a sticke.
1611 marginal noteHeb. darker then blacknesse.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
But I will put hookes in thy chawes, and I will cause the fish of thy riuers to sticke vnto thy scales, and I will bring thee vp out of the middest of thy riuers, and all the fish of thy riuers shall sticke vnto thy scales.
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:
Moreouer thou sonne of man, take thee one sticke, and write vpon it, For Iudah and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another sticke, and write vpon it; For Ioseph the sticke of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.
And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.
And ioyne them one to another into one sticke, and they shall become one in thine hand.
Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I will take the sticke of Ioseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellowes, and will put them with him, euen with the sticke of Iudah, and make them one sticke, and they shall be one in mine hand.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To adhere, remain fixed, project, cling fast, or be held by adhesion or obstruction.
A small branch, shoot, rod, staff, or slender piece of wood.
