Words the Bible translates as hold back
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- katechōκατέχωto hold back: to keep a person or force in check, confined, or held down, whether by restraining it or by being caught in its grip
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- to hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
- to have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- manaמָנַעto keep something or someone back: to withhold, deny, or restrain
- shavaḥשָׁבַחto laud: to declare out loud that God, or something judged good, deserves high regard
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- to still: to force raging water or a flaring temper to be quiet
- aqavעָקַבto come up behind someone and take what was going to be his: to supplant, cheat, or betray
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- to hold something back, keeping it from going forward
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