DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Retained

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

6exact KJV occurrences 4Old Testament 2New Testament 4books containing the word 4mapped Strong's IDs 6occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Judges 7:8

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Philemon 1:13

Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Judges

2 occurrences in 2 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where retained appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Judges 22 verses Daniel 22 verses John 11 verses Philemon 11 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH2388

חָזַק

châzaq · khaw-zak'

2 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 48 repaired 39 hold 35 strengthened 28 strengthen 13 hardened 9 prevailed 8 courage 8

Strong's first: Judges 7:8Strong's last: Judges 19:4

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HebrewH6113

עָצָר

ʻâtsâr · aw-tsar'

2 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).

Other KJV renderings

up 16 stayed 7 detain 2 able 2 me 1 fast 1 reign 1 kept 1

Strong's first: Daniel 10:8Strong's last: Daniel 10:16

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GreekG2722

κατέχω

katéchō · kat-ekh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.

Other KJV renderings

fast 3 keep 2 hold 2 let us seize 1 stayed 1 to take 1 had 1 made 1

Strong's first: Philemon 1:13Strong's last: Philemon 1:13

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GreekG2902

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).

Other KJV renderings

took 9 hold 9 on 4 take 3 fast 3 holding 3 held 2 holden 2

Strong's first: John 20:23Strong's last: John 20:23

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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John 20:23

G2902

Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

retained

RETA'INED, participle passive Held; kept in possession; kept as an associate; kept in pay; kept from escape.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.

Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.