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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 41 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - He said to them, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So Joseph’s master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in [fn]your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - “Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your [fn]descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your [fn]descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, to possess it.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is [fn]harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he said to me, ‘Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my [fn]life still lingers in me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner said to him, “[fn]Turn to your right or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil.” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:10 - when one told me, saying, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ and [fn]thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Now it was told Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall upon him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD, and for all that was [fn]laid out for the house to repair it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:4 - Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to [fn]him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Moreover, next to [fn]him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not [fn]support the work of their masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 - “Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:9 - When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:17 - He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:14 - “If He should [fn]determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 - The [fn]descendants of His servants will inherit it,
And those who love His name will dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:12 - Behold, these are the wicked;
And always at ease, they have increased in wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:53

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:53 - Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked,
Who forsake Your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:10 - Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:22 - He who finds a wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle [fn]man will suffer hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:8 - “All of them are wielders of the sword,
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the [fn]terrors of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:22 - It is He who [fn]sits above the [fn]circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
Anguish has seized us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:21 - “What will you say when He appoints over you—
And you yourself had taught them—
Former [fn]companions to be head over you?
Will not pangs take hold of you
Like a woman in childbirth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 - ‘Ask now, and see
If a male can give birth.
Why do I see every man
With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?
And why have all faces turned pale?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:16 - “Cut off the sower from Babylon
And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest;
From before [fn]the sword of the oppressor
They will each turn back to his own people
And they will each flee to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son of man, they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:18 - ‘But the [fn]saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, [fn]for all ages to come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:22 - until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was [fn]passed in favor of the [fn]saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the [fn]saints took possession of the kingdom.
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