If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
The 1611 reading
If not, hearken vnto me: holde thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisedome.
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
If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
If not, hearken vnto me: holde thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisedome.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee.
1611 marginal noteOr, iudgement and iustice should uphold thee.
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
That it might take hold of the endes of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
1611 marginal noteHeb. wings.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the speare, the dart, nor the habergeon.
1611 marginal noteOr, brestplate.
hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Hold vp my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
1611 marginal noteHeb. be not moued.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Heare my prayer, O LORD, and giue eare vnto my crie, hold not thy peace at my teares: for I am a straunger with thee, and a soiourner, as all my fathers were.
1611 marginal noteLeuit.25.23. 1.Chron. 29.15. Psal.119.19. Heb.11.13. 1.Pet. 2.11.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
For innumerable euils haue compassed me about, mine iniquities haue taken hold vpon me, so that I am not able to looke vp: they are moe then the haires of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. forsaketh.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Feare tooke holde vpon them there, and paine, as of a woman in trauaile.
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Powre out thine indignation vpon them, and let thy wrathfull anger take hold of them.
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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.