'Stay' in the Bible
Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for Yahweh has sent me up to Bethel." Elisha said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So they went down [to] Bethel.
Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here because Yahweh has sent me to Jericho." And he said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So they came to Jericho.
Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, because Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "{As Yahweh lives} and {as your soul lives}, I will certainly not leave you!" So the two of them went on.
let us make a small enclosed room [upstairs] and put a bed, table, chair, and lampstand there for him, so that when he comes to us, he can turn and stay there.
You have indeed defeated Edom and your heart is lifted up; enjoy the honor and stay home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?"
Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all {the very rich}, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver for each one. Then the king of Assyria returned and did not stay there in the land.
Bible Theasaurus
- Abide (182 instances)
- Arrest (38 instances)
- Check (14 instances)
- Continue (334 instances)
- Delay (59 instances)
- Detain (5 instances)
- Halt (19 instances)
- Hitch (4 instances)
- Persist (16 instances)
- Remain (604 instances)
- Rest (942 instances)
- Stay (327 instances)
- Stick (65 instances)
- Stop (307 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
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