Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. 2. (n.) One who, or that which, holds. 3. (n.) One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant. 4. (n.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory note, or the one who owns or holds it.

Multi-Version Concordance Holder (2 Occurrences) Amos 1:5 And I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from Beth-Eden, And removed have been the people of Aram to Kir, said Jehovah. (YLT) Amos 1:8 And I have cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And a holder of a sceptre from Ashkelon, And have turned back My hand against Ekron, And perished have the remnant of the Philistines, Said the Lord Jehovah. (YLT)