Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
The 1611 reading
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 19:16
Complete exact-word concordance
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause mee to vnderstand wherein I haue erred.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I am afraid of all my sorrowes, I know that thou wilt not holde me innocent.
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
1611 marginal noteOr, deuises.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
O that you would altogether hold your peace, & it should be your wisdome.
hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Hold your peace, let me alone that I may speake, and let come on me what will.
1611 marginal noteHeb. be silent from me
Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Who is hee that will plead with me? for now if I hold my tongue, I shall giue vp the ghost.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath cleane hands shalbe stronger, and stronger.
1611 marginal noteHebr. shall adde strgth.
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Euen when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh holde on my flesh.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
My righteousnesse I hold fast, and will not let it goe: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I liue.
1611 marginal noteHeb. from my daies.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To consider, esteem, account.
To stop; to confine; to restrain from escape; to keep fast; to retain. To embrace and confine, with bearing or lifting. To connect; to keep from separation. To maintain, as an opinion. To consider; to regard; to think; to judge. To contain, or to have capacity to receive and contain. To defend; to keep possession; to maintain. To have; to possess. To refrain; to stop; to restrain; to withhold. To keep; as, hold your peace. To maintain; to retain; to continue. To have in session. To celebrate; to solemnize. To sustain; to support. To carry; to wield. To maintain; to observe in practice.
To be true; not to fail; to stand, as a fact or truth. To continue. To be fast; to be firm; not to give way. To hold on, to continue; not to be interrupted; to proceed in a course. To hold to, to cling or cleave to; to adhere. Hold, used imperatively, signifies stop; cease; forbear; be still.
A grasp with the hand; an embrace with the arms; any act or exertion which keeps a thing fast and prevents escape. Something which may be seized for support; that which supports. A prison; a place of confinement. A lurking place; a place of security. A fortified place; a fort; a castle; often called a strong hold.