Words the Bible translates as restrain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 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
- kōluōκωλύωto stop someone or something: to hinder, prevent, or forbid
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
- batsarבָּצַרmade inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
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- to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
- to cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
- manaמָנַעto keep something or someone back: to withhold, deny, or restrain
- ḥasakhחָשַׂךְto hold back: to keep a thing from being handed over, a person from acting, or a blow from falling
- garaגָּרַעto take part of something away, so that less of it is left: to diminish, reduce, withdraw, or hold back
- kalaכָּלָאto hold back: to shut in, restrain, or withhold, keeping a person, thing, or force from moving, acting, or being handed over freely
- kahahכָּהָהto grow dim or fade: to lose brightness, sharpness, or strength without going out altogether.
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- to curb someone, to check them so that they stop what they are doing.
- ḥatamחָטַםto restrainnot studied yet
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