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Lexicon :: Strong's G2697 - kataschesis

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κατάσχεσις
Transliteration
kataschesis (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-as'-khes-is
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κατάσχεσις katáschesis, kat-as'-khes-is; from G2722; a holding down, i.e. occupancy:—possession.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2697 in the following manner: possession (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2697 in the following manner: possession (2x).

  1. a holding back, hindering

  2. a holding fast, possession

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατάσχεσις katáschesis, kat-as'-khes-is; from G2722; a holding down, i.e. occupancy:—possession.
STRONGS G2697:
κατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for אֲחֻזָּה, possession;
1. a holding back, hindering: anonymous in Walz, Rhetor. i., p. 616, 20.
2. a holding fast, possession: γῆν δοῦναι εἰς κατάσχεσιν, to give in possession the land, Acts 7:5, as in Genesis 17:8; Deuteronomy 32:49 Alex.; Ezekiel 33:24; Ezekiel 36:2f, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 1, 2; (Test xii. Patr., test. Benj. § 10); with the genitive of the subjunctive τῶν ἐθνῶν, of the territory possessed by (the possession of) the nations, Acts 7:45; (a portion given to keep, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 40 (cf. Psalm 2:8)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
17:8
Deuteronomy
32:49
Psalms
2:8
Ezekiel
33:24; 36:2; 36:5
Acts
7:5; 7:45

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2697 matches the Greek κατάσχεσις (kataschesis),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:5 -

“He didn’t give him an inheritance in it ​— ​not even a foot of ground ​— ​but he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

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“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

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