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Thompson Chain Reference
• Hold Your Peace
• Hold Fast
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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• Hold
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• Hold, Held, Holden, Hold
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Webster Dictionary
• Toe Hold
• Strangle Hold
• Holding
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Allotments and Small Holdings
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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• Holding
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Anker-Hold
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Lexicons
• ܐܶܚܰܕ݂
• ܚܰܡܣܶܢ
• ܚܪܐ
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• ἀντέχω
• ἀφορίζω
• ἐπέχω
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• אָחוזּ אָחַז, , אָחַז
• אָשַׁם
• בַּיִת בַּת, בֵּית, אַשְׁבֵּעַ בֵּית, הַגָּן , בֵּית תּוֹגַרְמָה
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translated "hold" in Acts 4:3 , AV, "prison" in Acts 5:18 (RV, "ward"), signifies (a) "a watching, guarding;" hence, "imprisonment, ward" (from tereo, "to watch, keep"); the RV, has "ward" in both places; (b) "a keeping," as a commandments, 1 Corinthians 7:19 . See KEEPING , WARD.

"a guarding" or "guard" (akin to phulasso, "to guard or watch"), also denotes "a prison, a hold," Rev, 18:2 (twice), RV, "hold" in both places, AV, "cage," in the second (RV, marg., "prison," in both). See CAGE , IMPRISONMENT, prison">PRISON.