Withhold
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Κωλύω (Strong'S #2967 — Verb — koluo — ko-loo'-o )
"to hinder, restrain," is translated "withhold (not)" in Luke 6:29 , RV, AV, "forbid (not) to take." See Forbid , Hinder , Keep , Note (7), Suffer , Withstand.
2—Thessalonians 2:6Restrain.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To keep; to maintain; to retain.
(2): ( v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
(3): ( v. t.) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
King James Dictionary [3]
Withhold pret. and pp. withheld. with and hold.
1. TO hold back to restrain to keep from action.
Withhold--your hasty hand.
If our passions may be withheld.
2. To retain to keep back not to grant as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.
