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Lexicon :: Strong's G2902 - krateō

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κρατέω
Transliteration
krateō (Key)
Pronunciation
krat-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
47x in 25 unique form(s) TR
47x in 25 unique form(s) LXX
85x in 20 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 3:910,466

Strong’s Definitions

κρατέω kratéō, krat-eh'-o; from G2904; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively):—hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G2902 in the following manner: hold (12x), take (9x), lay hold on (8x), hold fast (5x), take by (4x), lay hold upon (2x), lay hand on (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G2902 in the following manner: hold (12x), take (9x), lay hold on (8x), hold fast (5x), take by (4x), lay hold upon (2x), lay hand on (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to have power, be powerful

    1. to be chief, be master of, to rule

  2. to get possession of

    1. to become master of, to obtain

    2. to take hold of

    3. to take hold of, take, seize

      1. to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power

  3. to hold

    1. to hold in the hand

    2. to hold fast, i.e. not discard or let go

      1. to keep carefully and faithfully

    3. to continue to hold, to retain

      1. of death continuing to hold one

      2. to hold in check, restrain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρατέω kratéō, krat-eh'-o; from G2904; to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively):—hold (by, fast), keep, lay hand (hold) on, obtain, retain, take (by).
STRONGS G2902:
κρατέω; imperfect 2 person plural ἐκρατειτε, Mark 14:49 Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading; future κρατήσω; 1 aorist ἐκράτησα; perfect infinitive κεκρατηκέναι; passive, present κρατοῦμαι; imperfect ἐκρατουμην; perfect 3 person plural κεκράτηνται; (κράτος (which see)); the Sept. chiefly for חָזַק, also for אָחַז (to seize), etc.; from Homer down;
1. to have power, be powerful; to be chief, be master of, to rule: absolutely for מָלַך, Esther 1:1; 1 Esdr. 4:38; ὁ κρατῶν, Wis. 14:19; οἱ κρατοῦντες, 2 Macc. 4:50; τίνος, to be ruler of one, Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:2 (for מָשַׁל); Wis. 3:8; never so in the N. T.
2. to get possession of; i. e.
a. to become master of, to obtain: τῆς προθέσεως, Acts 27:13 ((Diodorus Siculus 16, 20; others) cf. Buttmann, 161 (140); on the tense, Winers Grammar, 334 (313)).
b. to take bold of: τῆς χειρός τίνος (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 d.; Buttmann, as above), Matthew 9:25; Mark 1:31; Mark 5:41; Mark 9:27 L T Tr WH; Luke 8:54; τινα τῆς χειρός, to take one by the hand, Mark 9:27 R G, cf. Matthiae, § 331; τινα, to hold one fast in order not to be sent away, Acts 3:11, cf. Meyer at the passage; τούς πόδας τίνος, to embrace one's knees, Matthew 28:9; tropically, τόν λόγον, to lay hold of mentally (cf. our 'catch at'; but others refer this example to 3 b. below), Mark 9:10 (join πρός ἑαυτούς with συζητοῦντες).
c. to lay hold of, take, seize: τινα, to lay hands on one in order to get him into one's power, Matthew 14:3; Matthew 18:28; Matthew 21:46; Matthew 22:6; Matthew 26:4, 48, 50, 55, 57; Mark 3:21; Mark 6:17; Mark 12:12; Mark 14:1, 44, 46, 49, 51; Acts 24:6; Revelation 20:2; (2 Samuel 6:6; Psalm 136:9 (Ps. 137:9)); τί, Matthew 12:11.
3. to hold; i. e.
a. to hold in the hand: τί ἐν τῇ δεξιά, Revelation 2:1 (τῇ ἀριστερά τόν ἄρτον, Plutarch, mor., p. 99 d.).
b. to hold fast, i. e. tropically, not to discard or let go; to keep carefully and faithfully: ὁ ἔχετε, ἔχεις, Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:11; τό ὄνομα μου, Revelation 2:13; one's authority, τήν κεφαλήν, i. e. ἐκεῖνον ὅς ἐστιν ἡ κεφαλή, Christ, Colossians 2:19; τήν παράδοσιν, Mark 7:3f, 8; τάς παραδόσεις, 2 Thessalonians 2:15; τήν διδαχήν, Revelation 2:14f; also with a genitive of the thing, of blessings in which different individuals are participants: τῆς ὁμολογίας, Hebrews 4:14; τῆς ἐλπίδος, Hebrews 6:18 (others refer this example to 2 above) (cf. 2 Samuel 3:6).
c. to continue to hold, to retain: of death continuing to hold one, passive Acts 2:24; τάς ἁμαρτίας (opposed to ἀφίημι), to retain sins, i. e. not to remit, John 20:23; to hold in check, restrain: followed by ἵνα μή, Revelation 7:1; by τοῦ μή (Winers Grammar, 325 (305); Buttmann, § 140, 16 β.), Luke 24:16. On the construction of this verb with the genitive and accusative, cf. Matthiae, § 359f; Winers Grammar, § 30, 8 d.; Buttmann, 161 (140).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
3:6; 6:6
Esther
1; 1:1
Psalms
136:9; 137:9
Proverbs
16:32; 17:2
Matthew
9:25; 12:11; 14:3; 18:28; 21:46; 22:6; 26:4; 26:48; 26:50; 26:55; 26:57; 28:9
Mark
1:31; 3:21; 5:41; 6:17; 7:3; 7:8; 9:10; 9:27; 9:27; 12:12; 14:1; 14:44; 14:46; 14:49; 14:49; 14:51
Luke
8:54; 24:16
John
20:23
Acts
2:24; 3:11; 24:6; 27:13
Colossians
2:19
2 Thessalonians
2:15
Hebrews
4:14; 6:18
Revelation
2:1; 2:13; 2:14; 2:25; 3:11; 7:1; 20:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2902 matches the Greek κρατέω (krateō),
which occurs 47 times in 46 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:25 - but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:11 - And he said to them, 'What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 - For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:28 - 'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46 - and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:6 - and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:4 - and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:48 - And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, 'Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:50 - and Jesus said to him, 'Comrade, for what art thou present?' Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:55

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:55 - In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, 'As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:57 - And those laying hold on Jesus led him away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:9 - and as they were going to tell to his disciples, then lo, Jesus met them, saying, 'Hail!' and they having come near, laid hold of his feet, and did bow to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:31 - and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:21 - and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:41 - and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, 'Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, 'Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 - For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:3 - for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:4 - and, coming from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:8 - for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:10 - and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:27 - but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:12 - And they were seeking to lay hold on him, and they feared the multitude, for they knew that against them he spake the simile, and having left him, they went away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:1 - And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:44 - and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, 'Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:46 - And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me -- but that the Writings may be fulfilled.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:51

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:51 - and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about his naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:54

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:54 - and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, 'Child, arise;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:16 - and their eyes were holden so as not to know him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:23 - if of any ye may loose the sins, they are loosed to them; if of any ye may retain, they have been retained.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:11 - And at the lame man who was healed holding Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch called Solomon's -- greatly amazed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:6 - who also the temple did try to profane, whom also we took, and according to our law did wish to judge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:13 - and a south wind blowing softly, having thought they had obtained their purpose, having lifted anchor, they sailed close by Crete,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:19 - and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:15 - so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:14 - Having, then, a great chief priest passed through the heavens -- Jesus the Son of God -- may we hold fast the profession,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:1 - 'To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands -- the golden:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:13 - I have known thy works, and where thou dost dwell -- where the throne of the Adversary is -- and thou dost hold fast my name, and thou didst not deny my faith, even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was put to death beside you, where the Adversary doth dwell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - 'But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:15 - so hast thou, even thou, those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans -- which thing I hate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:25 - but that which ye have -- hold ye, till I may come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:11 - Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may receive thy crown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:1 - And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - and he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, who is Devil and Adversary, and did bind him a thousand years,
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