Definition of "upholden"

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

1611, Authorized King James Version, Job 4:4

For these wretches would be necessitated then to betake themselves to some honest livelihood, if they were not fed and upholden, by these.

1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Proposition XV, §. VIII.