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    Hector

    HEK-tor

    Meaning

    Holding fast; Steadfast; Anchor

    Greek origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Hector holds fast without wavering — anchor sure, faith professed, hope entering within the veil, the steadfast soul gripping the promise of a faithful God.

    Verses · King James Version

    “Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.”

    Hebrews 6:19

    “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised.)”

    Hebrews 10:23

    Most used in the 1990s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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