holding fast, cleaving to, krateō (Col 2:19, “not holding the head,” RV “holding fast”; cf Acts 3:11; Rev 7:1, “holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow”); antéchomai, “to hold over against one’s self,” “to hold fast” (Tit 1:9, RV “holding to the faithful word”); (5) holding forth, epéchō, “to hold upon, to hold out toward” (Phil 2:16, “holding forth the word of life,” so RV); Lightfoot has “holding out” (as offering); others, however, render “holding fast,” persevering in