ἐνέχω

enechō

to oppose

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Strong’s G1758Verb3 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Mark1

Luke1

Galatians1

Translated as

was holding it1

to press upon him1

do be entangled1

In the text

Mark 6:19ἐνεῖχεν
So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
Luke 11:53ἐνέχειν
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
Galatians 5:1ἐνέχεσθε¶
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.

Abbott-Smith

ἐν-έχω
[in LXX: Gen.49:23 (סָתַם), Eze.14:4, 7, 3Ma.6:10 * ;]

1. to hold in; pass., to be held, entangled: with dative of thing(s); jig., ζυγῷ δουλείας, Gal.5:1 (cf. MM, Exp., xii); θλίψρεσιν, 2Th.1:4 (cf. ἀσεβείσιν, 3Mac, l.with).

2. to set oneself against, be urgent against (as Ge, l.with; for construction, see Swete, Mk., l.with): Mrk.6:19, Luk.11:53.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.