Detain
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Detain (4 Occurrences)

Luke 4:42 Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them. (WEY)

Acts 24:4 But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us. (WEY RSV)

Judges 13:15 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make a young goat ready for you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Judges 13:16 The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh." For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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Detain (4 Occurrences)
...Detain (4 Occurrences). ... (WEY). Acts 24:4 But--not to detain you too long--I beg you
in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us. (WEY RSV). ...
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Detained (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Detain. Multi-Version Concordance
Detained (8 Occurrences). Acts 23:35 he said, "I will ...
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Mano'ah (14 Occurrences)
... (DBY RSV). Judges 13:15 Mano'ah said to the angel of the LORD, "Pray, let
us detain you, and prepare a kid for you." (DBY RSV). Judges ...
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Manoah (14 Occurrences)
... Judges 13:15 Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, "I pray you, let us detain you,
that we may make a young goat ready for you." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS ...
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Keep (4573 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain
in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. ...
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Jethro (10 Occurrences)
... Against this identification, however, it is stated that Jethro went away into his
own country without any effort on the part of Moses to detain him (Exodus 18 ...
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World (2829 Occurrences)
... humanity regarded as antagonistic to God and to good, "all around us which does
not love God." 2. Remarks: Of the above terms, some need not detain us; 'erets ...
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Imprison (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain
in custody; to confine. 2. (vt) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. ...
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Flocked (1 Occurrence)
... the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him,
and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that ...
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Forbearance (9 Occurrences)
... Forbearance (9 Occurrences). Acts 24:4 But--not to detain you too long--I beg you
in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us. (WEY). ...
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Greek
1465. egkopto -- to cut into, ie fig. impede, detain
... impede, detain. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: egkopto Phonetic Spelling:
(eng-kop'-to) Short Definition: I interrupt, hinder Definition: I interrupt ...
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1907. epecho -- to hold fast, to hold toward, to stop
... From epi and echo; to hold upon, ie (by implication) to retain; (by extension) to
detain; (with implication, of nous) to pay attention to -- give (take) heed ...
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2722. katecho -- to hold fast, hold back
... Definition: I hold fast, bind, restrain Definition: (a) I hold fast, bind, arrest,
(b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d ...
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5083. tereo -- to watch over, to guard
... which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), ie To note (a prophecy;
figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To keep back or from; to withhold.

2. (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.

3. (v. t.) To hold or keep in custody.

4. (n.) Detention.

Strong's Hebrew
6113. atsar -- to restrain, retain
... root Definition to restrain, retain NASB Word Usage able* (2), bond (5), checked
(3), closed fast (1), confined (3), could (1), detain (2), detained (1), held ...
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