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hōld : In the American Standard Revised Version frequently "stronghold" (Judges 9:49; 1 Samuel 22:4; 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 5:17; 2 Samuel 23:14; 1 Chronicles 11:16; 1 Chronicles 12:16 ). See FORTIFICATION . In Revelation 18:2 for the King James Version "cage" ( phulakḗ ) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes, as in first clause, "hold," and in the margin "prison.»
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hold'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​h/hold.html. 1915.
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