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• Stays
• Stayed
• Stay
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• O Strength, and Stay Upholding All Creation
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• Staying
• Stayed
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• Stay bar, or Iron.
• STAY.
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• ܒܥܕ
• ἀγραυλέω
• ἀφίστημι
• γρηγορέω
•   (only first 3 shown)
• אָחַר
• גוּרּ גוּרּ, , גוּרּ
• דָּבַק
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"to hold fast, hold back," is used in the sense of detaining in Luke 4:42 , "would have stayed (Him)," RV. See HOLD.

has the meaning "to wait in a place, to stay," in Acts 19:22 . See HEED , HOLD , MARK.

"to hinder," is rendered "stayed" in Acts 27:43 , RV (AV, "kept"); so in 2 Peter 2:16 , RV (AV, "forbad"). See HINDER.