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In the context of the Bible, the concept of being "supported" encompasses both physical and spiritual dimensions, reflecting God's provision, the community's role, and the individual's faith. The term "supported" can refer to the sustenance and aid provided by God, the support of fellow believers, and the strength found in faith and obedience to God's commandments.

Divine Support

The Bible frequently emphasizes God's role as the ultimate source of support for His people. In the Old Testament, God is depicted as a provider and sustainer. For instance, in Psalm 55:22 , it is written, "Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken." This verse highlights the assurance that God supports those who trust in Him, offering stability and strength in times of trouble.

In the New Testament, the theme of divine support continues with the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Philippians 4:19 states, "And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus." This promise underscores the belief that God, through Christ, provides for the needs of believers, ensuring they are supported in their spiritual journey.

Community Support

The Bible also underscores the importance of support within the community of believers. The early church is portrayed as a model of mutual support and care. Acts 2:44-45 describes the early Christians: "All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need." This passage illustrates the communal support that characterized the early Christian community, where believers supported one another materially and spiritually.

The apostle Paul frequently encouraged the churches to support one another. In Galatians 6:2 , he writes, "Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." This exhortation reflects the call for believers to support each other, sharing in both joys and struggles, thereby fulfilling the commandment to love one another.

Support Through Faith and Obedience

Support in the Bible is also linked to faith and obedience. The faithful are supported by their trust in God and adherence to His commandments. Proverbs 3:5-6 advises, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." This passage suggests that support comes through reliance on God and obedience to His will, leading to guidance and direction.

Moreover, the Bible teaches that support is reciprocal; as believers receive support from God and others, they are also called to provide support. In 1 Thessalonians 5:11 , Paul encourages, "Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing." This mutual support strengthens the community and reflects the love and unity that are central to the Christian faith.

In summary, the concept of being "supported" in the Bible is multifaceted, involving divine provision, communal care, and the strength derived from faith and obedience. These elements together create a framework within which believers can experience and extend support, reflecting the love and faithfulness of God.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Support.

Greek

3854. paraginomai -- to be beside, to arrive
... to be beside, to arrive NASB Word Usage appeared (2), arrive (2), arrived (10),
came (13), come (4), come here (1), coming (1), present (1), supported (1), when ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3854.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

294. Achisamak -- "my brother has supported," an Israelite
... Achisamak. 295 . "my brother has supported," an Israelite. Transliteration: Achisamak
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-saw-mawk') Short Definition: Ahisamach. ...
/hebrew/294.htm - 6k

2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... strengthen (12), strengthened (19), strengthening (1), strong (31), strong support
(1), stronger (6), strongly support (1), support* (1), supported (1), sure (1 ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

8551. tamak -- to grasp, support, attain
... 1), grasp (1), grasped (1), held (1), held fast (1), hold (1), hold her fast (1),
hold fast (1), holds (2), obtain (1), support (2), supported (1), take hold (2 ...
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5565. Semakyahu -- "Yah has sustained," a Korahite
... Semachiah. From camak and Yahh; supported of Jah; Semakjah, an Israelite -- Semachiah.
see HEBREW camak. see HEBREW Yahh. 5564, 5565. Semakyahu. 5566 . ...
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8172. shaan -- to lean, support oneself
... to lean, support oneself NASB Word Usage lean (3), leaned (2), leaning (2), leans
(2), relied (4), rely (4), rest yourselves (1), supported (1), trust (1 ...
/hebrew/8172.htm - 6k

553. amets -- to be stout, strong, bold, alert
... makes her strong (1), mighty (1), proved...strong (1), raises (1), strengthen (6),
strengthened (3), strong (2), stronger (1), summon (1), supported (1), take ...
/hebrew/553.htm - 6k

5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take
... carrier* (1), show (5), showed (1), showing (1), shows (1), sing (1), spare (2),
stirred (3), suffer (2), supplied (1), support (1), supported (1), sustain (2 ...
/hebrew/5375.htm - 8k

Library

As the vine is Supported by the Elm, So is the Rich Man Helped by ...
... The Pastor: Book Third."Similitudes. Similitude Second. As the Vine is Supported
by the Elm, So is the Rich Man Helped by the Prayer of the Poor. ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/similitude second as the vine.htm

Our Opinion is Supported by Several Writers of the Middle Ages
... SECOND PART OUR OPINION IS SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL WRITERS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
Venerable Bede.2. St. Paulinus.3. Nicholas De Lyra.4. Ordinary ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/our opinion is supported by.htm

The Same Conclusion Supported by the Transfiguration Marcion ...
... Chapter XXII."The Same Conclusion Supported by the Transfiguration Marcion Inconsistent
in Associating with Christ in Glory Two Such Eminent Servants of the ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxii the same conclusion supported.htm

But a Learned Christianity, Supported and Governed by Reason...
... [Way-1-119] But a learned Christianity, supported and governed by reason?
But a learned Christianity, supported and governed by ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-1-119 but a learned christianity.htm

But Having Asserted that Our Religion is Supported by the Writings ...
... Chapter XXI. But having asserted that our religion is supported by the writings
of the Jews? But having asserted that our religion ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xxi but having asserted.htm

If, Then, These Things are Vain, and are not Supported by any ...
... Book VII. 22 If, then, these things are vain, and are not supported by
any reason? If, then, these things are vain, and are not ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/22 if then these things.htm

The Divinity of the Holy Spirit is Supported by a Passage of St. . ...
... Book III. Chapter X. The Divinity of the Holy Spirit is supported by a passage of
St.? The Divinity of the Holy Spirit is supported by a passage of St. John. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter x the divinity of.htm

That the Place of Baptism is Sometimes Supplied by Martyrdom is ...
... Book IV. Chapter 22. " 30. That the place of baptism is sometimes supplied
by martyrdom is supported by? "30. That the place ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 22 30 that.htm

Why they Call Themselves Perat??; their Theory of Generation ...
... Book V. Chapter XI."Why They Call Themselves Perat??; Their Theory of Generation
Supported by an Appeal to Antiquity; Their Interpretation of the Exodus of ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xi why they call themselves.htm

Troubles Again Arise in the Churches, and the Synod of Lampsacus ...
... held. The Arians who supported Eudoxius prevail and eject the Orthodox from
the Churches. Among the Ejected is Meletius of Antioch. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter vii troubles again arise in.htm

Thesaurus

Supported (43 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Supported (43 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Romans 3:5 But if the
righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? ...
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Jahzeiah (1 Occurrence)
... It is disputed whether he and Jonathan opposed or supported Ezra in the matter of
prosecuting those who had married foreign wives = Ezekias, 1 Esdras 9:14, or ...
/j/jahzeiah.htm - 7k

Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall
or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes ...
/g/gallery.htm - 11k

Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... They took no part in the Maccabean struggle, which was mainly supported by their
opponents the chacidhim, as they were called (the Hasideans of 1 Maccabees 2:42 ...
/s/sadducees.htm - 31k

Facing (79 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:25 It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the
middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to ...
/f/facing.htm - 31k

Fillet (1 Occurrence)
... The hangings of the court of the tabernacle were supported by brass pillars set
in brass sockets, "The hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver ...
/f/fillet.htm - 9k

Bethesda (1 Occurrence)
... The floor of the rediscovered early Christian church roofs over the pool, being
supported upon five arches in commemoration of the five porches. ...
/b/bethesda.htm - 11k

Standard (42 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting
on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. ...
/s/standard.htm - 21k

Support (135 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman;
O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons. 11. ...
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Rest (831 Occurrences)
... 15. (n.) To stand firm; to be fixed; to be supported; as, a column rests on its
pedestal. 16. (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. 17. ...
/r/rest.htm - 47k

Resources

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Supported (43 Occurrences)

Acts 25:7
And when he came, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem came round him, and made all sorts of serious statements against him, which were not supported by the facts.
(BBE)

Romans 3:5
But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
(BBE)

Romans 11:18
Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.
(BBE)

Colossians 2:19
and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.
(See NIV)

2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one came to help me, but all left me. May it not be held against them.
(See NAS)

Hebrews 11:21
By faith Jacob gave a blessing to the two sons of Joseph, when he was near to death; and gave God worship, supported by his stick.
(BBE)

Exodus 17:12
And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
(DBY WBS NAS)

Numbers 30:13
Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.
(BBE)

Judges 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was supported, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
(WBS YLT)

1 Kings 2:28
And news of this came to Joab; for Joab had been one of Adonijah's supporters, though he had not been on Absalom's side. Then Joab went in flight to the Tent of the Lord, and put his hands on the horns of the altar.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 7:25
It was supported on twelve oxen, with their back parts turned to the middle of it, three of them facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east; the vessel was resting on top of them.
(BBE)

1 Kings 16:21
Then there was a division among the people of Israel; half the people were for making Tibni, son of Ginath, king, and half were supporting Omri.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 20:27
and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Aramaeans have filled the land.
(YLT)

2 Kings 5:18
But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.
(BBE YLT)

2 Kings 7:2
And the captain whom the king hath, by whose hand he hath been supported, answereth the man of God and saith, 'Lo, Jehovah is making windows in the heavens -- shall this thing be?' and he saith, 'Lo, thou art seeing it with thine eyes, and thereof thou dost not eat.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 7:17
And the king gave authority to that captain, on whose arm he was supported, to have control over the doorway into the town; but he was crushed to death there under the feet of the people, as the man of God had said when the king went down to him.
(BBE YLT)

2 Kings 16:17
King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the basin from off them, and took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it on a pavement of stone.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:4
It was supported on twelve oxen, three facing to the north, three to the west, three to the south, and three to the east, the water-vessel resting on top of them; their back parts were all turned to the middle of it.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 11:17
So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:34
But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king of Israel was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans till the evening; and by sundown he was dead.
(BBE WBS)

2 Chronicles 32:8
With him 'is' an arm of flesh, and with us 'is' Jehovah our God, to help us, and to fight our battles;' and the people are supported by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
(YLT)

Ezra 5:8
This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
(BBE)

Ezra 8:36
They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
(See NAS)

Ezra 10:15
Only Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
(See RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
(WEB)

Job 4:4
Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
(WEB NIV)

Job 24:23
He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes 'are' on their ways.
(YLT NAS RSV)

Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
(BBE)

Psalms 18:35
And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy right hand doth support me, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
(See RSV)

Psalms 71:6
By Thee I have been supported from the womb, From my mother's bowels Thou dost cut me out, In Thee 'is' my praise continually.
(YLT)

Psalms 89:43
Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven't supported him in battle.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 94:18
If I have said, 'My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me.
(See NIV)

Psalms 127:5
Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:28
Kindness and truth keep a king, And he hath supported by kindness his throne.
(YLT)

Isaiah 26:3
An imagination supported Thou fortifiest peace -- peace! For in Thee it is confident.
(YLT)

Isaiah 46:3
Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
(BBE)

Isaiah 48:2
For from the Holy City they have been called, And on the God of Israel been supported, Jehovah of Hosts 'is' His name.
(YLT)

Isaiah 60:4
Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported.
(YLT)

Isaiah 63:5
And I look attentively, and there is none helping, And I am astonished that there is none supporting, And give salvation to me doth mine own arm. And my wrath -- it hath supported me.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 26:24
But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
(See NIV)

Lamentations 4:5
Those eating of dainties have been desolate in out-places, Those supported on scarlet have embraced dunghills.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 41:6
And the side-rooms, room over room, were three times thirty; there were inlets in the wall of the house for the side-rooms round about, for supports in the wall of the house.
(See RSV)

Daniel 11:6
At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

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