Strong’s H8172 · Hebrew

שָׁעַן
shâʻan
shaw-an'

Definition

to support one's self

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • lean
  • lie
  • rely
  • rest (on
  • self)
  • stay

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.