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holds

Meaning of “holds”

Sense 1: Fortified places, strongholds, or places of defense. Sense 2: As a verb, keeps, grasps, possesses, or restrains.

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First occurrence: Numbers 13:19

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2 Chronicles 11:11
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 11:11 · retained source text

And he fortified the strong holds, and put captaines in them, and store of vitaile, and of oyle and wine.

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