κατέχω

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, Joh 5,4, Rom 1,18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1 Kor 7,30; 11,2, 2 Kor 6,10, 1 Thess 5,21, Hebr 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.), 2 Thess 2,6-7,

3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): ApG 27,40,†