'Holding' in the Bible

Or should we say, 'human?'" They were afraid of the people; for all agreed in holding John to have been really a Prophet.

holding out to them a Message of Life. It will then be my glory on the day of Christ that I did not run my race in vain nor toil in vain.

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

but holding the secret truths of the faith with a clear conscience.

holding fast to the faithful Message which he has received, so that he may be well qualified both to encourage others with sound teaching and to reply successfully to opponents.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, and holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow over the earth or the sea or upon any tree.