stead

«stead» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: place — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

place

part of speech

noun (in phrases)

meaning for a pupil

The place or position of someone else; in someone's stead means in their place. tree →

how it differs from today

Today stead survives mainly in phrases such as in her stead; it is otherwise rare. The sentences use it as the dictionary does.

examples

• And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. (Torah GEN.36.36, JPS 1917) tree →
• Amphion became king of Thebes in his uncle's stead. (Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome) tree →
• And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. (Torah GEN.36.38, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

stead

tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 62 (Torah 20, tales 42, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 7.0 (Torah alone 46.7); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.
• And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
• And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
• And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
• And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stead» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.