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Lexicon :: Strong's G2722 - katechō

Aa
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 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:42 - And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:15 - And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:9 - And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:40 - So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:18 - For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:6 - But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:30 - And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:2 - Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2 - By which you have salvation; that is to say, the form in which it was given to you, if it is fixed in your minds, and if your faith in it is not without effect.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:21 - Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:6 - And now it is clear to you what is keeping back his revelation till the time comes for him to be seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:7 - For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:13 - Though my desire was to keep him with me, to be my servant in the chains of the good news, in your place:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:6 - But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:14 - For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23 - Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
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