7 occurrences

'Retain' in the Bible

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, Examples OfBlameWivesBad Wives ExamplesHolding FastTemptressesCursing GodWife

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Verse ConceptsGraspingLife Through Keeping The LawKeeping Man's Word

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.

Verse ConceptsUniversality Of DeathEuthanasiaCoping With DeathHow Death Is InevitableEvil And FreedomPrinciples Of WarSalvation By Other ThingsDeathstruggleWarGod Being In Controlpractice

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.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּלא 
Kala' 
Usage: 18

עצר 
`atsar 
Usage: 46

תּמך 
Tamak 
hold , uphold , retain , hold up ,
Usage: 21

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