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 day having come, having gone forth, he went on to a desert place, and the multitudes were seeking him, and they came unto him, and were staying him—not to go on from them,Luke 8:15 · κατέχουσινAnd that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.Luke 14:9 · κατέχειν.and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.Acts 27:40 · κατεῖχονand the anchors having taken up, they were committing it to the sea, at the same time—having loosed the bands of the rudders, and having hoisted up the mainsail to the wind—they were making for the shore,Romans 1:18 · κατεχόντων,for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.Romans 7:6 · κατειχόμεθα,and now we have ceased from the law, that being dead in which we were held, so that we may serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of letter.1 Corinthians 7:30 · κατέχοντες,and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;1 Corinthians 11:2 · κατέχετε.¶And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,1 Corinthians 15:2 · κατέχετε,through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,2 Corinthians 6:10 · κατέχοντες.¶as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.1 Thessalonians 5:21 · κατέχετε·all things prove; that which is good hold fast;2 Thessalonians 2:6 · κατέχονand now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,2 Thessalonians 2:7 · κατέχωνfor the secret of the lawlessness doth already work, only he who is keeping down now will hinder—till he may be out of the way,Philemon 1:13 · κατέχειν,whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,Hebrews 3:6 · κατάσχωμεν.¶and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.Hebrews 3:14 · κατάσχωμεν·for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,Hebrews 10:23 · κατέχωμενmay we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),