κατ-έχω [in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc. ;] 1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155), (a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23; (b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9. 2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7. 3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.† (AS)
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G2722 — κατέχω
katechō · to hold back/fast · Greek
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Luke 4:42 · κατεῖχονAnd when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.Luke 8:15 · κατέχουσινBut that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.Luke 14:9 · κατέχειν.And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.Acts 27:40 · κατεῖχονAnd when they had taken up the anchors, they committed [themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.Romans 1:18 · κατεχόντων,For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;Romans 7:6 · κατειχόμεθα,But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.1 Corinthians 7:30 · κατέχοντες,And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;1 Corinthians 11:2 · κατέχετε.¶Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.1 Corinthians 15:2 · κατέχετε,By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.2 Corinthians 6:10 · κατέχοντες.¶As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.1 Thessalonians 5:21 · κατέχετε·Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.2 Thessalonians 2:6 · κατέχονAnd now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.2 Thessalonians 2:7 · κατέχωνFor the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.Philemon 1:13 · κατέχειν,Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:Hebrews 3:6 · κατάσχωμεν.¶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.Hebrews 3:14 · κατάσχωμεν·For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;Hebrews 10:23 · κατέχωμενLet us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)