ΚΑΤΈΧΩ: κατ-έχω, [ [in LXX for אחז, חזק hi., etc.;] ] 1. . perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155), (a) . to possess, hold fast: Lk 8:15, Jo 5:[4], Ro 1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), I Co 7:30 11:2, II Co 6:10, I Th 5:21, He 3:6, 14 10:23; (b) . to lay hold of, get possession of: Lk 14:9.
2. . to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): c. acc. seq. τοῦ μή c. inf., Lk 4:42; seq. πρός, c. acc., Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), II Th 2:6, 7.
3. . Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, s.v.): Ac 27:40.†