aw-tsar'
a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also
to maintain, rule, assemble:--X be able, close up, detain,
fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, X
reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop,
withhold (self).
If we assay [05254] to commune [01697] with thee, wilt thou be grieved [03811]? but who can [03201] withhold [06113] himself from speaking [04405]?to…: Heb. a wordwithhold…: Heb. refrain from words?
Behold, he withholdeth [06113] the waters [04325], and they dry up [03001]: also he sendeth them out [07971], and they overturn [02015] the earth [0776].
The princes [08269] refrained [06113] talking [04405], and laid [07760] their hand [03709] on their mouth [06310].