Bible Dictionary: Sustaining

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sustain.

Greek

5162. trophos -- a nurse
... Cognate: 5162 (from 5142 , "to improve by giving and care") -- properly, a
care-giver, sustaining someone by and giving like a nurse (used only in 1 Thes 2: ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8063. semikah -- perhaps rug, thick coverlet
... mantle. From camak; a run (as sustaining the Oriental sitter) -- mantle. see HEBREW
camak. 8062, 8063. semikah. 8064 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/8063.htm - 6k

Library

God's Sustaining Presence.
... DEVOUT EXERCISES. 473. " God's sustaining Presence. 473. LM Bowring. God's
sustaining Presence. 1 Father and friend, thy light ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/473 gods sustaining presence.htm

That the Union of Our Will with the Good-Pleasure of God Takes ...
... The Stoics, especially good Epictetus, placed all their philosophy in abstaining
and sustaining, bearing and forbearing; in abstaining from and forbearing ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ii that the union.htm

'Have Ye Not? Hast Thou Not?'
... God's creative and sustaining power is further set forth by that great image of
His 'stretching out the heavens as a curtain, and spreading them out as a tent ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/have ye not hast thou.htm

Unfailing Stabs and Fainting Men
... suggested: that between unfailing stars, and men that faint; that between the unwearied
God and wearied men; and that between the sustaining power that is ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/unfailing stabs and fainting men.htm

'It is the Lord!'
... We believe that as no being comes into existence without His creative power,
so none continues to exist without His sustaining energy. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/it is the lord.htm

The Disciples' Return.
... Here we have to do only with sustaining and supporting grace. ... sustaining grace he
never could have dreamed of comes along with it. He rises above his trial. ...
/.../macduff/memories of bethany/xxiii the disciples return.htm

Concerning Life.
... and again, not immortal, because not from themselves have they their immortality
and eternal life; but from the vivifying Cause forming and sustaining all life ...
/.../dionysius/dionysis on divine names/caput vi concerning life.htm

Sanctification and Justification (Continued).
... creation did not modify His Being; but His righteousness could not be displayed
before creation, because right presupposes two beings sustaining the jural ...
/.../the work of the holy spirit/iv sanctification and justification continued.htm

How a Soul in Charity Makes Progress in It.
... and revives her, that she begins to stand and walk very quietly with him; but in
no sort without his help, for he goes assisting and sustaining her by her arm ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter iii how a soul.htm

The Number of Good Things in those Natures which Manichæus Places ...
... possessed the form and quality of water, and also the agreement of the members of
the inhabitants swimming in the waters, their life sustaining and directing ...
/.../chapter 30 name number of.htm

Thesaurus

Sustaining (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sustaining (3 Occurrences). ... Psalms 37:17 For the arms of
the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous. (YLT). ...
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Sustains (11 Occurrences)
... Your gentleness has made me great. (WEB NIV). Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked
are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous. (See NAS). ...
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Life (6001 Occurrences)
... 1, etc.). (6) In a few instances it is used synonymously with the means
of sustaining life (Deuteronomy 24:6 Proverbs 27:27). (7 ...
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Rod (138 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension
and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a ...
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Endurance (31 Occurrences)
... make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all
your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining; (DBY YLT). ...
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Desert (322 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left
unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place. ...
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Dependent (35 Occurrences)
... support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the
will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or ...
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Baalbec
... After sustaining several sieges under the Moslems and others, it was finally destroyed
by an earthquake in 1759. Its ruins are of great extent. ...
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Asleep (50 Occurrences)
... In the presence of death no truth has been so sustaining to Christian faith
as this. It is the distinct product of Christ's resurrection. ...
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Agent (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining,
action. 2. (n.) One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sustaining (3 Occurrences)

2 Thessalonians 1:4 so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;
(DBY)

Psalms 37:17 For the arms of the wicked are shivered, And Jehovah is sustaining the righteous.
(YLT)

Psalms 37:24 When he falleth, he is not cast down, For Jehovah is sustaining his hand.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Sustaining

Related Terms

Sustains (11 Occurrences)

Life (6001 Occurrences)

Rod (138 Occurrences)

Endurance (31 Occurrences)

Desert (322 Occurrences)

Dependent (35 Occurrences)

Baalbec