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Lexicon :: Strong's G472 - antechō

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ἀντέχω
Transliteration
antechō (Key)
Pronunciation
an-tekh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀντί (G473) and the middle voice of ἔχω (G2192)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:827,286

Strong’s Definitions

ἀντέχομαι antéchomai, an-tekh'-om-ahee; from G473 and the middle voice of G2192; to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for:—hold fast, hold to, support.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G472 in the following manner: hold to (2x), support (1x), holdfast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G472 in the following manner: hold to (2x), support (1x), holdfast (1x).

  1. to hold before or against, hold back, withstand, endure

  2. to keep one's self directly opposite to any one, hold to him firmly, cleave to, paying heed to him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀντέχομαι antéchomai, an-tekh'-om-ahee; from G473 and the middle voice of G2192; to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for:—hold fast, hold to, support.
STRONGS G472:
ἀντέχω: middle [present ἀντέχομαι]; future ἀνθέξομαι; to hold before or against, hold back, withstand, endure; in the N. T. only in the middle to keep oneself directly opposite to anyone, hold to him firmly, cleave to, paying heed to him: τινός, Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; τῶν ἀσθενῶν, to aid them, care for them, 1 Thessalonians 5:14; τοῦ λόγου, to hold to, hold it fast, Titus 1:9. (Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 56:4, 6; Proverbs 3:18, etc., and often in Greek writings.) Cf. Kühner, § 520 b. [2te Aufl. § 416, 2; cf. Jelf, § 536]; Winers Grammar, 202 (190); [Buttmann, 161 (140)].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:41
Proverbs
3:18
Isaiah
56:4; 56:6
Matthew
6:24
Luke
16:13
1 Thessalonians
5:14
Titus
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G472 matches the Greek ἀντέχω (antechō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - (LXX 4:10) And it came to pass from that day that half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and there were spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:18 - She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 - maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:2 - Blessed is the man that does these things, and the man that holds by them, and keeps the sabbaths from profaning them, and keeps his hands from doing unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:4 - Thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, as many as shall keep my sabbaths, and choose the things which I take pleasure in, and take hold of my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - And I will give it to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and as for all that keep my sabbaths from profaning them, and that take hold of my covenant;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 - When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry them away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:10 - (LXX 51:10) And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:21 - But I will tell thee that which is ordained in the scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.
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