Katéchō — G2722

Definition

verb

to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)

1. to hold back, detain, retain
1. τινα, from going away, followed by τοῦ μή with an infinitive
2. to restrain, hinder (the course or progress of)
3. to hold fast, keep secure, keep from possession of
4. to get possession of, take
5. to possess

Usually translated as

hold, keep, take, have, let, make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, withhold

Origin

from G2596 and G2192

• katá (G2596)
• échō (G2192)

Occurrences

Katéchō occurs 19 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (3), John (1), Acts (1), Romans (2), 1 Corinthians (3), 2 Corinthians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Thessalonians (2), Philemon (1), Hebrews (3)

• Matthew 21:38 — But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on (κατάσχωμεν) his inheritance.
• Luke 4:42 — And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed (κατεῖχον) him, that he should not depart from them.
• Luke 8:15 — But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep (κατέχουσιν) it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• Luke 14:9 — And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take (κατέχειν) the lowest room.
• John 5:4 — For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had (κατειχετο).
• Acts 27:40 — And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made (κατεῖχον) toward shore.
• Romans 1:18 — For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold (κατεχόντων) the truth in unrighteousness;
• Romans 7:6 — But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held (κατειχόμεθα); that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
• 1 Corinthians 7:30 — And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed (κατέχοντες) not;
• 1 Corinthians 11:2 — Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep (κατέχετε) the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:2 — By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory (κατέχετε) what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing (κατέχοντες) all things.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast (κατέχετε) that which is good.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:6 — And now ye know what withholdeth (κατέχον) that he might be revealed in his time.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7 — For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth (κατέχων) will let, until he be taken out of the way.
• Philemon 1:13 — Whom I would have retained (κατέχειν) with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
• Hebrews 3:6 — But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast (κατάσχωμεν) the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
• Hebrews 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold (κατάσχωμεν) the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Hebrews 10:23 — Let us hold fast (κατέχωμεν) the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)