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sustained

Meaning of “sustained”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sustain, meaning to hold up, support, maintain, nourish, bear, or endure without failing.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 27:37

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Every verse containing “sustained”

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Genesis 27:37
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And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 27:37 · retained source text

And Isaac answered and saide vnto Esau, Behold, I haue made him thy LORD, and all his brethren haue I giuen to him for seruants: and with corne and wine haue I susteined him: and what shall I doe now vnto thee, my sonne?

1611 marginal noteOr, supported.

Psalms 3:5
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I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
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1611 witness · Psalms 3:5 · retained source text

I layd me downe and slept; I awaked, for the LORD sustained me.

1611 marginal notePsal.4.9.

Isaiah 59:16
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¶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 59:16 · retained source text

¶ And hee saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessour. Therefore his arme brought saluation vnto him, and his righteousnesse, it sustained him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 63.5.

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Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

Borne; upheld; maintained; supported; subsisted; suffered.

volume 2, leaf 715, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 152)