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held

Meaning of “held”

1. Kept or possessed. 2. Maintained. 3. Restrained. 4. Regarded or accounted.

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52 occurrences52 verses25 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 24:21

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Mark 3:4
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
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1611 witness · Mark 3:4 · retained source text

And hee saith vnto them, Is it lawfull to doe good on the Sabbath dayes, or to doe euill? to saue life, or to kill? but they held their peace.

Mark 9:34
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
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1611 witness · Mark 9:34 · retained source text

But they held their peace: For by the way they had disputed among themselues, who should be the greatest.

Mark 14:61
But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
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1611 witness · Mark 14:61 · retained source text

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Againe, the high Priest asked him, and said vnto him, Art thou the Christ, the sonne of the Blessed?

Mark 15:1
AND straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
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1611 witness · Mark 15:1 · retained source text

¶ And straightway in the morning the chiefe Priests helde a consultation with the Elders and Scribes, and the whole Councell, and bound Iesus, and caried him away, and deliuered him to Pilate.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 27.1.

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