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| A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g2722 | Greek: katecho |
Possess, Possession:
"to hold fast, hold back," signifies "to possess," in 1Cr 7:30; 2Cr 6:10.
See HOLD.
| A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g2932 | Greek: ktaomai |
Possess, Possession:
"to procure for oneself, acquire, obtain," hence, "to possess" (akin to B, No. 1), has this meaning in Luk 18:12; 1Th 4:4; in Luk 21:19, RV, "ye shall win" (AV, "possess ye"), where the probable meaning is "ye shall gain the mastery over your souls," i.e., instead of giving way to adverse circumstances.
See OBTAIN.
| A-3 | Verb | Strong's Number: g5225 | Greek: huparcho |
Possess, Possession:
"to be in existence," and, in a secondary sense, "to belong to," is used with this meaning in the neuter plural of the present participle with the article signifying one's "possessions," "the things which he possesseth," Luk 12:15; Act 4:32; in Hbr 10:34, RV, "possessions" (AV, "goods"); cp. B, No. 4.
See GOODS.
| A-4 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1139 | Greek: diamonizomai |
Possess, Possession:
"to be possessed of a demon or demons:" see DEMON, B.
Note: In Act 8:7; 16:16, AV, echo, "have," is translated "to be possessed of," in the sense of No. 4, above, RV, "had" and "having."
| B-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g2933 | Greek: ktema |
Possess, Possession:
akin to A, No. 2, denotes "a possession, property," Mat 19:22; Mar 10:22; Act 2:45; 5:1.
| B-2 | Noun | Strong's Number: g2697 | Greek: kataschesis |
Possess, Possession:
primarily "a holding back" (akin to A, No. 1), then, "a holding fast," denotes "a possession," Act 7:5, or "taking possession," Act 7:45, with the article, lit., "in the (i.e., their) taking possession."
| B-3 | Noun | Strong's Number: g4047 | Greek: peripoiesis |
Possess, Possession:
"an obtaining, an inquisition," is translated "(God's own) possession" in Eph 1:14, RV, which may mean "acquisition," AV, "purchased possession;" 1Pe 2:9, RV, "God's own possession," AV, "a peculiar (people)."
See OBTAIN.
| B-4 | Noun | Strong's Number: g5223 | Greek: huparxis |
Possess, Possession:
primarily "subsistence" (akin to A, No. 3), later denoted "substance, property, possession" in Hbr 10:34, RV (AV, "substance").
See GOODS, SUBSTANCE.
Note: In Act 28:7, AV, choria, "lands" (RV), is translated "possessions."
| C-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g4041 | Greek: periousios |
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