κατέχω

katechō
to hold back/fast
Strong’s G2722Verb17 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

possessing2
were detaining1
keep it1
to take1
they were making1
suppressing1
we were bound1
you are keeping1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

κατ-έχω
[in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc. ;]
1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155),
(a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23;
(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9.
2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7.
3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.†
(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.