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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

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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 - “But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole land would belong to Abraham and his descendants—even though he had no children yet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:45 - Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.
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