4 occurrences in 10 translations
'Holds' in the Bible
He said, ‘Please let me go because our family is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me slip away so that I may see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Appreciation (6 instances)
- Bear (470 instances)
- Carry (408 instances)
- Check (14 instances)
- Clasp (2 instances)
- Clutch (1 instance)
- Clutches (10 instances)
- Confine (14 instances)
- Contain (24 instances)
- Control (336 instances)
- Curb (5 instances)
- Custody (49 instances)
- Deem (7 instances)
- Delay (59 instances)
- Detainment (1 instance)
- Detention (1 instance)
- Entertain (11 instances)
- Grasp (60 instances)
- Grip (44 instances)
- Handle (22 instances)
- Harbor (10 instances)
- Harbour (6 instances)
- Holds (83 instances)
- Keep (1769 instances)
- Maintain (89 instances)
- Moderate (1 instance)
- Nurse (29 instances)
- Restrain (52 instances)
- Retain (38 instances)
- Support (201 instances)
- Sustain (46 instances)
- Throw (178 instances)
- Wait (245 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
κρατέω
Krateo
Krateo
Usage: 33
מצדה מצוּדה מצוּד
Matsuwd
Matsuwd
fortress , hold , snare , strong hold , castle , net , strong place , hunted , strong hold , fort , defence
Usage: 22
ἐπιλαμβάνομαι
Epilambanomai
Epilambanomai
Usage: 19
חזק
Chazaq
Chazaq
strong , repair , hold , strengthened , strengthen , harden , prevail , encourage , take , courage , caught , stronger , hold ,
Usage: 290
חרשׁ
Charash
Charash
...peace , plow , devise , keep ... silence , hold...tongue , altogether , plowman , cease , conceal , deaf , to ear , graven , imagine ,
Usage: 74
חשׂך
Chasak
Chasak
spare , keep back , withhold , refrain , asswage , reserved , hold back , variant , forbear , hindereth , kept , punished , withholdeth
Usage: 28
כּוּל
Kuwl
Kuwl
Usage: 38
מעז מעז מעוּז מעוז
Ma`owz
Ma`owz
Usage: 36
מצא
Matsa'
Matsa'
Usage: 455
מצוּר מצור
Matsowr
Matsowr
Usage: 26
נשׂג
Nasag
Nasag
overtake , hold , get , get , attain , obtain , reach , ability , able , able , bring , layeth , put , remove , wax rich , surely , take
Usage: 50
סמך
Camak
Camak
lay , uphold , put , lean , stay , sustained , holden up , borne up , established , stand fast , lieth hard , rested , set
Usage: 48