συνέχω

συν-έχω

[in LXX for עָצָר, חָבַר, etc. ;]

1. to hold together (τ. συνέχον τ. πάντα, Wis 1,7): of closing the ears, ApG 7,57 (τ. στόμα, Es 52,15); to hem in, press on every side: Luk 8,45; 19,43.

2. to hold fast;

(a) of a prisoner, to hold in charge (Luc.; cf. exx. in Deiss., BS, 160; MM, xxiv): Luk 22,63

(b) to constrain: 2 Kor 5,14 pass., Luk 12,50, ApG 18,5 (τ. λόγῳ; cf. Field, Notes, 128), Fil 1,23 in pass., of ills, to be seized or afflicted by, suffering from: Matt 4,24, Luk 4,38; 8,37, ApG 28,8.†