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.