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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 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:38 - and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - 'And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:4 - for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - and 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18 - for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30 - and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2 - And I praise you, brethren, that in all things ye remember me, and according as I did deliver to you, the deliverances ye keep,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2 - 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:21 - all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:6 - and now, what is keeping down ye have known, for his being revealed in his own time,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - for 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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14 - for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23 - may we hold fast the unwavering profession of the hope, (for faithful is He who did promise),
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