Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like.
2. (v. t.) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor.
3. (v. t.) To restrain; to prevent.
4. (v. i.) To belong; to pertain.
5. (v. i.) To keep; to continue; to remain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
RETAINre-tan': Several Hebrew words are thus translated: chazaq, "to hold fast" (Judges 7:8; Judges 19:4 Job 2:9 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "hold fast"); Micah 7:18); `atsar, "to shut up" (only in Daniel 10:8, 16; Daniel 11:6); tamakh, "to hold" (Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 11:16 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "obtain")); in one case kala' (Ecclesiastes 8:8). In the New Testament krateo, is used in John 20:23 of the "retaining" of sins by the apostles (see RETENTION OF SINS); in Romans 1:28, the Revised Version (British and American) has "refused to have," margin "Greek, `did not approve,' " for the King James Version "did not like to retain" (echo); and in Philemon 1:13, substitutes "fain have kept" for "retained" (katecho). Sirach 41:16 has "retain" for diaphulasso, "keep."
Greek
2902. krateo -- to be strong, rule ... 1), hold (4), hold fast (4), holding back (1), holding fast (1), holds (1), laid
hold (1), observe (1), observing (1), prevented (1),
retain (1), retained (1
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2902.htm - 9k2722. katecho -- to hold fast, hold back
... 2), suppress (1). hold back, hold fast, retain. From kata and echo; to hold down
(fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively ...
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1907. epecho -- to hold fast, to hold toward, to stop
... From epi and echo; to hold upon, ie (by implication) to retain; (by extension) to
detain; (with implication, of nous) to pay attention to -- give (take) heed ...
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2192. echo -- to have, hold
... 3), possess (2), possessed (4), possesses (1), receive (1), received (1), recover*
(1), regard (2), regarded (1), reigns* (1), remember* (1), retain (1), seize ...
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Strong's Hebrew
6113. atsar -- to restrain, retain... 6112, 6113. atsar. 6114 . to restrain,
retain. Transliteration: atsar Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-tsar') Short Definition: shut. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/6113.htm - 6k 2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... 1), received strength (1), recovered (1), rely (1), repair (12), repaired (14),
repairers (1), repairing (1), resist (1), resolutely (2), retain (1), retained ...
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8551. tamak -- to grasp, support, attain
... take, uphold up, maintain, retain, stay up. A primitive root; to sustain;
by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to ...
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3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold
... finish, forbid, keep back, refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed,.
A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in ...
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2254a. chabal -- to bind, pledge
... root Definition to bind, pledge NASB Word Usage debt (1), ever take (1), hold him
in pledge (2), labor (2), pledge (4), retain (1), take (3), take a pledge (1 ...
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4422. malat -- to slip away
... escape (26), escaped (25), escapes (3), gave birth (1), get away (1), lay (1), leap
forth (1), left undisturbed (1), rescue (2), rescued (4), retain (1), save ...
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5202. netar -- to keep
... kept (1). keep. (Aramaic) corresponding to natar; to retain -- keep. see HEBREW
natar. 5201, 5202. netar. 5203 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library
As it Becometh You to Retain a Glorious Sense of the World
... THE SECOND CENTURY 92 As it becometh you to retain a glorious sense of the
world. As it becometh you to retain a glorious sense of ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/92 as it becometh you.htm
The Law Given, not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep ...
... CHAPTER 7. THE LAW GIVEN, NOT TO RETAIN A PEOPLE FOR ITSELF, BUT TO KEEP
ALIVE THE HOPE OF SALVATION IN CHRIST UNTIL HIS ADVENT. ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 7 the law given.htm
How a Monk Can Retain his Poverty.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXIX. How a monk can retain his poverty. And we can
only preserve this virtue unimpaired if we remain in a ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxix how a monk.htm
That we Should not Retain Our Anger Even for an Instant.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XIII. That we should not retain our anger even for
an instant. Or how can we think that the Lord would have ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiii that we should.htm
But Others Deceive Themselves by Fancying that they Can Retain the ...
... Canon V. But others deceive themselves by fancying that they can retain
the property of others which? But others deceive themselves ...
/.../canonical epistle of gregory thaumaturgus/canon v but others deceive.htm
Yet not These Alone Does the Unmeasurable Capacity of My Memory ...
... Book X Chapter IX Yet not these alone does the unmeasurable capacity of my
memory retain.? Yet not these alone does the unmeasurable ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter ix yet not these.htm
These Things, Brethren, I Would have You Retain as the Basis of ...
... Book I. Chapter 29. " 31. These things, brethren, I would have you retain
as the basis of your? "31. These things, brethren ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 29 31 these.htm
Although Writing in Latin He Proposes to Retain the Greek Names of ...
... Chapter VI."Although Writing in Latin He Proposes to Retain the Greek Names of the
Valentinian Emanations of Deity Not to Discuss the Heresy But Only to ...
/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter vi although writing in latin.htm
Whether the Bodies of Women Shall Retain their Own Sex in the ...
... Book XXII. Chapter 17."Whether the Bodies of Women Shall Retain Their
Own Sex in the Resurrection. From the words, "Till we all ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 17 whether the bodies of.htm
Hebrews ii. 7-May
... And if I find that they retain any of the things that have been spoken (I say not
all, for this would not be very easy for you), but even if [they retain] a ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily iv hebrews ii 7-may.htm
Thesaurus
Retain (24 Occurrences)... 2. (vt) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage;
as, to
retain a counselor. 3. (vt) To restrain; to prevent.
...RETAIN.
.../r/retain.htm - 15kRetained (10 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Retain. Multi-Version Concordance ... Whoever's sins you retain,
they have been retained." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Keep (4573 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain
in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. ...
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Liberate (3 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 34:9 That every man should liberate his man-servant, and every man his
maid-servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess; that none should retain them in ...
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Withhold (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
3. (vt) To keep; to maintain; to retain. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Reserve (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To keep back; to retain; not to deliver,
make over, or disclose. 2. (vt) Hence, to keep in store ...
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Bound (175 Occurrences)
... of your sins." This statement is followed by the further declaration that if any
have not so repented God will not forgive them, but will retain them and call ...
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Bind (68 Occurrences)
... of your sins." This statement is followed by the further declaration that if any
have not so repented God will not forgive them, but will retain them and call ...
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Hold (500 Occurrences)
... position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling
or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. ...
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Likeness (52 Occurrences)
... this weakening, 1 Chronicles 28:4 the King James Version, "liked me to make me king"
and Romans 1:28 the King James Version "did not like to retain God," have ...
/l/likeness.htm - 29k
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