04741

@LINK στηρίζω

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4741. στηρίζω [στῆναι] I. to make fast, prop, fix, set, Il.; λίθον κατὰ χθονὸς ἐστ. he set the stone fast in the ground, Hes.:—Mid. to fix for oneself, Anth.
2. metaph. to confirm, establish, NTest.
II. intr. = Pass., στηρίξαι ποσὶν ἔμπεδον Od.; κῦμα οὐρανῶι στηρίζον a wave rising up to heaven, Eur.; and metaph., κλέος οὐρανῶι στηρίζον id=Eur.
2. of diseases, to fix, settle, determine to a particular part, ὁπότε εἰς τὴν καρδίαν στηρίξαι (sc. ἡ νόσος) Thuc.
B. Pass. and Mid. to be firmly set or fixed, to stand fast or steady, στηρίξασθαι to get a firm footing, Il.; δώματα πρὸς οὐρανὸν ἐστήρικται the house is lifted up to heaven, Hes.; so, ὀρθὴ δ᾽ ἐς ὀρθὴν αἰθέρ᾽ ἐστηρίξατο Eur.
2. metaph., ὅπου στηρίζει ποτέ wheresoever thou art tarrying, art settled, Soph.

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4741. στηρίζω sthrivzw sterizo {stay-rid'-zo}
from a presumed derivative of 2476 (like 4731); to set fast, i.e. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or (figuratively) to confirm:--fix, (e-)stablish, stedfastly set, strengthen. see GREEK for 2476 see GREEK for 4731

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4741 maqtsu`ah mak-tsoo-aw'

from 7106; a scraper, i.e. a carving chisel:--plane.
see HEBREW for 07106