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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Hold

Hold

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

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Hold". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hold

HOLD

hold:

In the American Standard Revised Version frequently "stronghold" (Judges 9:49; 1 Samuel 22:4; 24:22; 2 Samuel 5:17; 23:14; 1 Chronicles 11:16; 12:16). See FORTIFICATION. In Revelation 18:2 for the King James Version "cage" (phulake) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes, as in first clause, "hold," and in the margin "prison."

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOLD'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.