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Lexicon :: Strong's G2722 - katechō

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κατέχω
Transliteration
katechō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ekh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:829,286

Strong’s Definitions

κατέχω katéchō, kat-ekh'-o; from G2596 and G2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):—have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, × make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G2722 in the following manner: hold (3x), hold fast (3x), keep (2x), possess (2x), stay (1x), take (1x), have (1x), make (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G2722 in the following manner: hold (3x), hold fast (3x), keep (2x), possess (2x), stay (1x), take (1x), have (1x), make (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to hold back, detain, retain

    1. from going away

    2. to restrain, hinder (the course or progress of)

      1. that which hinders, Antichrist from making his appearance

      2. to check a ship's headway i.e. to hold or head the ship

    3. to hold fast, keep secure, keep firm possession of

  2. to get possession of, take

    1. to possess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατέχω katéchō, kat-ekh'-o; from G2596 and G2192; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):—have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, × make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
STRONGS G2722:
κατέχω; imperfect κατεῖχον; 2 aorist subjunctive κατάσχω; imperfect passive κατειχομην;
1. to hold back, detain, retain;
a. τινα, from going away, followed by τοῦ μή with an infinitive, Luke 4:42 (Buttmann, § 140, 16 β.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (561)); τινα πρός ἐμαυτόν, Philemon 1:13. Passive (as often in Greek writings from Homer down; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1677a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 6)), of some troublesome condition or circumstance by which one is held as it were bound: νοσήματι, John 5:4 (G T Tr WH omit the passage); ἐν τίνι, Romans 7:6.
b. to restrain, hinder (the course or progress of): τήν ἀλήθειαν ἐν ἀδικία, Romans 1:18; absolutely, τό κατέχον, that which hinders, namely, Antichrist from making his appearance (see ἀντίχριστος); the power of the Roman empire is meant; ὁ κατέχων, he that hinders, checks, namely, the advent of Antichrist, denotes the one in whom that power is lodged, the Roman emperor: 2 Thessalonians 2:6f (cf., besides DeWette and Lünemann at the passage (Lightfoot in B. D. under Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the), especially Schneckenburger in the Jahrbücher f. deutsche Theol. for 1859, p. 421f). κατέχω (namely, τήν ναῦν) εἰς τήν αἰγιαλόν, to check the ship's headway (better (cf. the preceding context) "to hold or head the ship, cf. Herodotus 7, 59.188 etc.; Bos, Ellips. (edited by Schaefer), p. 318; see, too, Odyssey 11, 455f (cf. Eustathius 1629, 18; Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 310, 7ff); but Passow (as below), et al., take the verb as intransitive in such a connection, viz. to make for; cf. Kypke, Observations, 2:144) in order to land, Acts 27:40 (Xenophon, Hell. 2, 1, 29 κατασχων ἐπί τήν Ἀβερνιδα; many other examples are given in Passow, under the word, II. 3; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. 2)).
c. to hold fast, keep secure, keep firm possession of: with the accusative of the thing, τόν λόγον, Luke 8:15; followed by the orat. obliq., 1 Corinthians 15:2 (Buttmann, §§ 139,58; 150, 20; Winer's Grammar, 561 (522)); τάς παραδόσεις, 1 Corinthians 11:2; τό καλόν, 1 Thessalonians 5:21; τήν παρρησίαν (τήν ἀρχήν etc.) μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατασχεῖν, Hebrews 3:6, 14; τήν ὁμολογίαν τῆς ἐλπίδος ἀκλινῆ, Hebrews 10:23.
2. equivalent to Latin obtinere, i. e.
a. to get possession of, take: Matthew 21:38 R G; Luke 14:9.
b. to possess: 1 Corinthians 7:30; 2 Corinthians 6:10.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
21:38
Luke
4:42; 8:15; 14:9
John
5:4
Acts
27:40
Romans
1:18; 7:6
1 Corinthians
7:30; 11:2; 15:2
2 Corinthians
6:10
1 Thessalonians
5:21
2 Thessalonians
2:6
Philemon
1:13
Hebrews
3:6; 3:14; 10:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2722 matches the Greek κατέχω (katechō),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 -

When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were eagerly seeking for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep G2722 Him from G2722 going away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - “But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold G2722 it fast G2722, and bear fruit with [fn]perseverance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9 - and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in shame you [fn]proceed to occupy G2722 the last place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders. And hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading G2722 for the beach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18 -

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress G2722 the truth [fn]in unrighteousness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were constrained G2722, so that we serve in newness of [fn]the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30 - and those who cry, as though they did not cry; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess G2722;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2 -

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold G2722 firmly G2722 to G2722 the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2 - by which also you are saved, if you hold G2722 fast G2722 [fn]the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - as sorrowful but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing G2722 all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:21 - but examine all things; hold G2722 fast G2722 to G2722 that which is good;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:6 - And you know what restrains G2722 him now, so that in his time he will be revealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains G2722 will do so until he is taken out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I intended to keep G2722 with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:6 - but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold G2722 fast G2722 our confidence and the boast of our hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14 - For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold G2722 fast G2722 the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23 - Let us hold G2722 fast G2722 the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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