To uphold
עוּדStrong’s H5749ud
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ud is the Hebrew word usually translated “certainly”, “warned” and “call as witnesses”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying,”
Meaning
- To return, repeat, go about, do again(Piel) to surround, go round and round · (Pilel) to restore, relieve · (Hithpalel) to be restored
- To bear witness(Qal) to bear witness, say again and again · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to protest, give warning
How it's translated
- certainly 3
- he warned 2
- i call as witnesses 2
- and you warned 2
- and cause to witness 2
- warn 1
- you warned 1
- and it has been protested 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 6
- Psalms 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Deuteronomy 5
- Exodus 3
- 1 Kings 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 43:3And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- Exodus 19:21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
- Exodus 21:29But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 8:19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עוּד ud · to uphold
1) to return, repeat, go about, do again 1a) (Piel) to surround, go round and round 1b) (Pilel) to restore, relieve 1c) (Hithpalel) to be restored
עוּד ud · to testify
1) to bear witness 1a) (Qal) to bear witness, say again and again 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to testify, bear witness 1b2) to cause to testify, take or call as witness, invoke 1b3) to protest, affirm solemnly, warn, exhort or enjoin solemnly, admonish, charge 1c) (Hophal) to protest, give warning
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “uphold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UPHOLD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive upheld. [Upholden is obsolete.]
- To lift on high; to elevate.
- To support; to sustain; to keep from falling or slipping.“Honor shall uphold the humble in spirit” Proverbs 29:23
- To keep from declension.
- To support in any state.
All definitions
- To continue; to maintain.
- To keep from being lost.
- To continue without failing.
- To continue in being.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.