G2722
κατέχω
katéchō
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2192 (ἔχω);
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold
Usage
18 occurrences · 0 OT · 18 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- keep2 · 11%
- let us seize1 · 5%
- stayed1 · 5%
- to take1 · 5%
- he had1 · 5%
- and made1 · 5%
- who hold1 · 5%
- we were held1 · 5%
- though they possessed1 · 5%
- ye keep1 · 5%
- yet possessing1 · 5%
- hold fast1 · 5%
- what withholdeth1 · 5%
- letteth1 · 5%
- have retained1 · 5%
- we hold fast1 · 5%
- we hold1 · 5%
- let us hold fast1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
κατεῖχον2κατέχειν.1κατάσχωμεν·1κατέχετε.¶1κατέχων1κατειχετο1κατεχόντων,1κατέχετε·1κατειχόμεθα,1κατέχωμεν1κατάσχωμεν.¶1κατέχοντες,1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.