Katáschesis — G2697

Definition

feminine noun

a holding down, i.e. occupancy

1. a holding back, hindering
2. a holding fast, possession

Usually translated as

possession

Origin

from G2722

• katéchō (G2722)

Occurrences

Katáschesis occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2)

• Acts 7:5 — And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession (κατάσχεσιν), and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
• Acts 7:45 — Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession (κατασχέσει) of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;