Meaning of “hold”

1. Hold — a fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22).

2. Threshold — (1.) Heb. miphtan, probably a projecting beam at a higher point than the threshold proper (1 Sam. 5:4,5; Ezek. 9:3; 10:4,18; 46:2; 47:1); also rendered "door" and "door-post." (2.) 'Asuppim, pl. (Neh. 12:25), rendered correctly "storehouses" in the Revised Version. In 1 Chr. 26:15, 17 the Authorized Version retains the word as a proper name, while in the Revised Version it is translated "storehouses."

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1. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

2. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

3. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

4. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 14 — Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

5. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

6. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 13 — And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

7. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 17 — And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

8. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 13 — And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

9. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 9 — And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

10. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

11. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 11 — And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

12. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 19 — Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

13. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

14. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

15. Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 17 — And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

16. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 2 — And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

17. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

18. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 11 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.

19. Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 14 — Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

20. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

21. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 20 — And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

22. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 9 — And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

23. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

24. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 27 — And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:

25. Genesis Chapter 18 Verse 31 — And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

26. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 2 — And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

27. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

28. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

29. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 19 — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

30. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

31. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

32. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

33. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 15 — And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

34. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 16 — And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.

35. Genesis Chapter 21 Verse 18 — Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

36. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 1 — And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

37. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 7 — And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

38. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

39. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 20 — And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

40. Genesis Chapter 23 Verse 6 — Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

41. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 13 — Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

42. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

43. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.

44. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 43 — Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

45. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 45 — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

46. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 51 — Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

47. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 63 — And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.

48. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 24 — And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

49. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 26 — And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

50. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 32 — And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

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