3 occurrences in 11 translations

'Staying' in the Bible

after staying the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,

Verse ConceptsStaying PutNot Knowing About Christparenthood

And day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him -- not to go on from them,

Verse ConceptsDawnHabitsSeeking ChristSolitudeCrowds SeekingLeaving

Bible Theasaurus

Appease (16 instances)
Continue (334 instances)
Delay (59 instances)
Detain (5 instances)
Persist (16 instances)
Quell (1 instance)
Remain (604 instances)

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