¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:9 · retained source text
¶ Then saide his wife vnto him, Doest thou still reteine thine integritie? Curse God, and die.
KJV dictionary & concordance
retain
Meaning of “retain”
To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
7 occurrences7 verses6 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Job 2:9
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Every verse containing “retain”
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:4 · retained source text
He taught me also, and said vnto me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes: keepe my commandements, and liue.
1611 marginal note1.Chron. 28.9.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 11:16 · retained source text
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retaine riches.
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:8 · retained source text
There is no man that hath power ouer the spirit to retaine the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that warre, neither shall wickednesse deliuer those that are giuen to it.
1611 marginal noteOr, casting of weapons.
1611 marginal noteIob 14.5.
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
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1611 witness · Daniel 11:6 · retained source text
And in the end of yeeres they shall ioyne themselues together: for the Kings daughter of the South shall come to the King of the North to make an agreement, but she shall not retaine the power of the arme, neither shall he stand, nor his arme: but she shall be giuen vp, and they that brought her, and he that begate her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
1611 marginal noteHeb. shall associate themselues.
1611 marginal noteHeb. rights.
1611 marginal noteOr, whom she brought forth.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
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1611 witness · John 20:23 · retained source text
Whose soeuer sinnes yee remit, they are remitted vnto them, and whose soeuer sinnes yee retaine, they are retained.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.18.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
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1611 witness · Romans 1:28 · retained source text
And euen as they did not like to retaine God in their knowledge, God gaue them ouer to a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient:
1611 marginal noteOr, to acknowledge.
1611 marginal noteOr, a minde voyde of iudgement.
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Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss.