Job 2:9
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
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Retain
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Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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תָּמַךְ
tâmak · taw-mak'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
Strong's KJV usage: (take, up-) hold (up), maintain, retain, stay (up).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 4:4Strong's last: Proverbs 11:16
Open full H8551 profile →ἔχω
échō · ekh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Strong's first: Romans 1:28Strong's last: Romans 1:28
Open full G2192 profile →κρατέω
kratéō · krat-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences
to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
Strong's first: John 20:23Strong's last: John 20:23
Open full G2902 profile →חָזַק
châzaq · khaw-zak'
1 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 2:9Strong's last: Job 2:9
Open full H2388 profile →כָּלָא
kâlâʼ · kaw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
Strong's KJV usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 8:8Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 8:8
Open full H3607 profile →עָצָר
ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'
1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Strong's KJV usage: × be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, × reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
Strong's first: Daniel 11:6Strong's last: Daniel 11:6
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H2388
Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
H8551
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
H8551
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
H3607
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
H6113
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
G2902
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
G2192
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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retain
RETA'IN, verb transitive [Latin retineo; re and teneo, to hold.]
1. To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss. The memory retains ideas which facts or arguments have suggested to the mind.
They did not like to retain God in their knowledge. Romans 1:28.
2. To keep, as an associate; to keep from departure.
Whom I would have retained with me. Philemon 1:13.
3. To keep back; to hold.
An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator.
4. To hold from escape. Some substances retain heat much longer than others. Metals readily receive and transmit heat, but do not long retain it. Seek cloths that retain their color.
5. To keep in pay; to hire.
A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense.
6. To engage; to employ by a fee paid; as, to retain a counselor.
RETA'IN, verb intransitive
1. To belong to; to depend on; as coldness mixed with a somewhat languid relish retaining to bitterness.
[Not in use. We now use pertain.]
2. To keep; to continue. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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