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Stead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Place; in general.

2. Fly this fearful stead

3. [In this sense not used.]

4. Place or room which another had or might have, noting substitution, replacing or filling the place of another, as, David died and Solomon reigned in his sted.

5. God hath appointed me another seed in stead of Abel, whom Cain slew. Genesis 4:1 .

6. The frame on which a bed is laid.

7. Sallow the feet, the borders and the sted.

8. [But we never use this word by itself in this sense. We always use bedstead.]

9. To stand in sted, to be of use or great advantage.

10. The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead

11. STEAD, STED , in names of places distant from a river or the sea, signifies place, as above; but in names of places situated on a river or harbor, it is from Sax. Stathe, border, bank, shore, Both words perhaps are from one root.

Stead [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. sted.

2. To help; to support; to assist; as, it nothing steads us.

3. To fill the place of another.

Stead [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Place, or spot, in general.

2. Place or room which another had, has, or might have.

3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead.

4. A farmhouse and offices.

Stead [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.

2. To fill place of.

Steadfast [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.

2. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.

Steadfastly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Firmly; with constancy or steadiness of mind.

Steadfastly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a steadfast manner; firmly.

Steadfastness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.

Steadied [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Steady

Steadily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a steady manner.

Steadiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being steady.

Steading [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery.

Steady [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.

3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.

Steady [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.

Steady [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.

Steadying [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Steady

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Genesis 8:3

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

Genesis 22:13

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

Genesis 30:2

And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

Genesis 36:33

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

Genesis 36:34

And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

Genesis 36:35

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

Genesis 36:36

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

Genesis 36:37

And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

Genesis 36:38

And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

Genesis 36:39

And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

Genesis 49:24

But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Exodus 17:12

But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

Exodus 29:30

And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

The son who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place must wear them for seven days.

Leviticus 6:22

And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD, it shall be wholly burnt.

The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.

Leviticus 16:32

And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments

Numbers 32:14

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.

Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

Deuteronomy 2:12

The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.

The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)

Deuteronomy 2:21

A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,

Deuteronomy 2:22

As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

Deuteronomy 2:23

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)