Abstract: A dividable and sealable grommet and a method of holding and guiding elongated objects with the aid of the grommet are provided. The grommet includes a press section and a connecting section, each section further being formed of two halves, the two sections being interconnectable in fluid-tight fashion via parting surfaces. The connecting section includes a stiffening portion consisting of a solid, rigid material which is surrounded by a flexible or semiflexible material. The parting surfaces of the two halves of the connecting section may be interconnected in a dimensionally stable (torsionally rigid) manner and in fluid-tight fashion. The outer circumference of the connecting section may be sealingly connected to a wall opening. In the inventive method, one half of the divided grommet is occupied by a wire bundle, whereupon the other half of the divided grommet is connected to the first half of the divided grommet.