Camak means “lean” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5564 — chorion (“field”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5564 סָמַך (camak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. camak (saw-mak') v. 1. to prop (literally or figuratively) 2. reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) It has 47 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include upon, lean, have, and leaned. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
camak (saw-mak') v. 1. to prop (literally or figuratively) 2. reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense) [a primitive root] KJV: bear up, establish, (up-)hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.
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to support
Usage: 1) to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lean or lay upon, rest upon, lean against 1a2) to support, uphold, sustain 1b) (Niphal) to support or brace oneself 1c) (Piel) to sustain, refresh, revive
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render camak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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47 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
First 47 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5564.
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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Camak (Strong's H5564) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lean". camak (saw-mak') v. 1. to prop (literally or figuratively) 2. reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
This page currently indexes 47 linked usages for Strong's H5564 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5564 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as upon, lean, have, and leaned. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.