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I was asked to look up the word strong hold. I was not prepared for what I found. In the Word of God the words strong hold are used 22 times. I have listed all of those verses for you:
I Samuel 23:14, 19, 29
II Samuel 5:7; 24:7
II Chronicles 11:11
Psalm 89:40
Isaiah 23:11; 31:9
Jeremiah 48:14, 41
Lamentation 2:5
Daniel 11:24, 39
Micah 5:11
Nahum 1:7; 3:12
Habakkuk 1:10
Zecharaiah 9:3, 12
2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2Co 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

verse 4 strong hold===Strong's Concordance
3794 ochuroma {okh-oo'-ro-mah}
from a remote derivative of 2192 (meaning to fortify, through the idea of holding safely); TDNT - 5:590,752; n n
AV - strong hold 1; 1
1) a castle, stronghold, fortress, fastness 2) anything on which one relies 2a) of the arguments and reasonings by which a disputant endeavours to fortify his opinion and defend it against his opponent

I took the word strong and the word hold and looked them up in the Webster's Dictionary:

Definitions:
Strong: physically powerful: muscular, healthy robust or strong, as in a strong constitution.
Resolute: courageous, mentally powerful or vigorous especially competent or able, strong in math. Abundantly supplied, strong in trumps. Solidly made or constituted strong walls. POWERFUL AS A RIVAL OR COMBATANT. Easy to defend a strong position. Powerful in effect-strong poison.

Hold: To take up and keep in the hands, arms, etc. to grasp. TO PREVENT THE MOVEMENT OR ESCAPE OF: hold the bus. To restrain from acting or speaking. Hold your tongue. TO KEEP IN A SPECIFIED PLACE, POSITION OR STATE, to hold one's arm up. To regard in a specified manner. To hold someone dear. To require to fulfill as in the conditions of a contract. To support or keep in position to be capable of enclosing or containing, the barrel holds 3 gallons. TO MAINTAIN IN THE MIND, HOLD AN OPINION A CONTROLLING FORCE OR INFLUENCE, A PLACE OF CONFINEMENT.

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