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<div> '''1: ἔχω ''' (Strong'S #2192  Verb  echo  ekh'-o ) </div> <p> "to have or hold," is used of mental conception, "to consider, account," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 21:26; of "steadfast adherence to faith, or the faith," e.g., &nbsp;1 Timothy 1:19; &nbsp;3:9; &nbsp;2 Timothy 1:13 . See Have. </p> <div> '''2: κατέχω ''' (Strong'S #2722  Verb  katecho  kat-ekh'-o ) </div> <p> "to hold firmly, hold fast" (kata, "down," and No. 1), is rendered "hold fast" in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:2 , [[Rv]] [[(Av,]] "keep"); &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 5:21; &nbsp;Hebrews 3:6,14 [[(Rv);]] 10:23; "hold down," &nbsp; Romans 1:18 , [[Rv,]] of unrighteous men who restrain the spread of truth by their unrighteousness, or, as [[Rv]] marg., "who hold the truth in (or with) unrighteousness," contradicting their profession by their conduct (cp. &nbsp;Romans 2:15 , [[Rv);]] in &nbsp;Romans 7:6 , [[Rv,]] "holden," [[Av,]] "held," of the Law as that which had "held" in bondage those who through faith in Christ were made dead to it as a means of life. See Keep , [[Make]] (toward), [[Possess]] , [[Restrain]] , [[Seize]] , [[Stay]] , Take. </p> <div> '''3: ἀντέχω ''' (Strong'S #472  Verb  antecho  an-tekh'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> anti "against, or to," and No. 1, signifies in the Middle Voice, (a) "to hold firmly to, cleave to," of "holding" or cleaving to a person, &nbsp;Matthew 6:24; &nbsp;Luke 16:13; of "holding" to the faithful word, &nbsp;Titus 1:9 , [[Rv,]] [[Av,]] "holding fast;" (b) "to support," &nbsp;1 Thessalonians 5:14 (the weak). See Support. </p> <div> '''4: συνέχω ''' (Strong'S #4912  Verb  sunecho  soon-ekh'-o ) </div> <p> sun, "with," intensive, and No. 1, is used of "holding" a prisoner, in &nbsp;Luke 22:63 . See [[Constrain]] , Keep , [[Press]] , [[Stop]] , [[Strait]] , Straitened , Take. </p> <div> '''5: ἐπέχω ''' (Strong'S #1907  Verb  epecho  ep-ekh'-o ) </div> <p> is used in &nbsp;Philippians 2:16 , of "holding" forth the word of life (epi, "forth," and No. 1). See (give) [[Heed]] , (take) [[Heed,]] [[Mark]] , [[Stay.]] </p> <div> '''6: κρατέω ''' (Strong'S #2902  Verb  krateo  krat-eh'-o ) </div> <p> "to be strong, mighty, to prevail," (1) is most frequently rendered "to lay or take hold on" (a) literally, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 12:11; &nbsp;14:3; &nbsp;18:28; &nbsp;21:46 , [[Rv]] [[(Av,]] "laid on hands on"); &nbsp;Matthew 22:6 , [[Rv]] [[(Av,]] "took"); &nbsp;Matthew 26:55 , [[Av]] [[(Rv,]] "took"); [[Rv,]] "took hold of" [[(Av,]] "held by"); &nbsp;Mark 3:21; &nbsp;6:17; &nbsp;12:12; &nbsp;14:51; &nbsp;Acts 24:6 , [[Rv]] [[(Av,]] "took"); &nbsp;Revelation 20:2; (b) metaphorically, of "laying hold of the hope of the Lord's return," &nbsp;Hebrews 6:18; (2) also signifies "to hold" or "hold fast," i.e., firmly, (a), literally, &nbsp;Matthew 26:48 , [[Av]] [[(Rv,]] "take"); &nbsp;Acts 3:11; &nbsp;Revelation 2:1; (b) metaphorically, of "holding fast a tradition or teaching," in an evil sense, &nbsp;Mark 7:3,4,8; &nbsp;Revelation 2:14,15; in a good sense, &nbsp;2 Thessalonians 2:15; &nbsp;Revelation 2:25; &nbsp;3:11; of "holding" Christ, i.e., practically apprehending Him, as the head of His church, &nbsp;Colossians 2:19; a confession, &nbsp;Hebrews 4:14; the name of Christ, i.e., abiding by all that His name implies, &nbsp;Revelation 2:13; of restraint, &nbsp;Luke 24:16 , "(their eyes) were holden;" of the winds, &nbsp;Revelation 7:1; of the impossibility of Christ's being "holden" of death, &nbsp;Acts 2:24 . See Keep , [[Retain]] (of sins), Take. </p> <div> '''7: ἐπιλαμβάνομαι ''' (Strong'S #1949  Verb  epilambano  ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> "to lay hold of, to take hold of" (epi, "upon," lambano, "to take"), with a special purpose, always in the Middle Voice, is so translated in &nbsp;Luke 20:20,26 , of taking "hold" of Christ's words; in &nbsp;Luke 23:26; &nbsp;Acts 21:33 , [[Rv,]] of laying "hold" of persons; in &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:12,19 , of laying "hold" on eternal life, i.e., practically appropriating all the benefits, privileges and responsibilities involved in the possession of it; in &nbsp;Hebrews 2:16 , [[Rv]] "He taketh hold" [[(Av]] "took on") perhaps to be viewed in connection with "deliver" (ver. 15) and "succor" (ver. 18). See [[Apprehend]] [[Catch,]] Take. </p> <div> '''8: τηρέω ''' (Strong'S #5083  Verb  tereo  tay-reh'-o ) </div> <p> akin to [[A,]] No. 1, under [[Hold]] (Noun), "to watch over, keep, give heed to, observe," is rendered "hold fast" in &nbsp;Revelation 3:3 , [[Av]] [[(Rv,]] "keep"). See Keep , [[Observe]] [[Reserve,]] Watch. </p> <div> '''9: εἰμί ''' (Strong'S #1510  verb  eimi  i-mee' ) </div> <p> "to be," is used in the imperfect tense, with the preposition, sun, "with," in the idiomatic phrase "held with," in &nbsp;Acts 14:4 , lit., "were with." </p> &nbsp;Romans 14:4&nbsp;Matthew 12:14&nbsp;Mark 15:1

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<ref name="term_77998"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/hold,+held,+holden,+hold Hold, Held, Holden, Hold from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
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