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κατέχω G2722 Hear this

katéchō

kat-ekh'-o

from κατά and ἔχω; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.

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19 occurrences

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• 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 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 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 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 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.
• 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 toward shore.
• Romans 1:18
  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• Romans 7:6
  But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; 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 not;
• 1 Corinthians 11:2
  Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

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50 in the Septuagint, in 49 verses

The first 40, in the order of the Septuagint’s books.

• Genesis 22:13
  καὶ ἀναβλέψας Ἀβραὰμ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ἴδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ κριὸς εἷς κατεχόμενος ἐν φυτῷ σαβὲκ τῶν κεράτων. καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ἔλαβεν τὸν κριόν, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἀντὶ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ.
• Genesis 24:56
  ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Μὴ κατέχετέ με, καὶ Κύριος εὐόδωσεν τὴν ὁδόν μου· ἐκπέμψατέ με ἵνα ἀπέλθω πρὸς τὸν κύριόν μου.
• Genesis 39:20
  καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ κύριος Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἐνέβαλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὀχύρωμα, εἰς τὸν τόπον ἐν ᾧ οἱ δεσμῶται τοῦ βασιλέως κατέχονται ἐκεῖ ἐν τῳ ὀχυρώματι
• Genesis 42:19
  εἰ εἰρηνικοί ἐστε, ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν εἷς κατασχεθήτω ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ· αὐτοὶ δὲ βαδίσατε καὶ ἀπαγάγετε τὸν ἀγορασμὸν τῆς σιτοδοσίας ὑμῶν,
• Exodus 32:13
  μνησθεὶς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ τῶν σῶν οἰκετῶν, οἷς ὤμοσας κατὰ σεαυτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησας πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων Πολυπληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα ὑμῶν ὡσεὶ τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ταύτην ἣν εἶπας δοῦναι αὐτοῖς, καὶ καθέξουσιν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
• Joshua 1:11
  Εἰσέλθατε κατὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐντείλασθε τῷ λαῷ λέγοντες Ἑτοιμάζεσθε ἐπισιτισμόν, ὅτι ἔτι τρεῖς ἡμέραι καὶ ὑμεῖς διαβαίνετε τὸν Ἰορδάνην τοῦτον, εἰσελθόντες κατασχεῖν τὴν γῆν ἣν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν.
• Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 13:15
  καὶ εἶπεν Μανῶε πρὸς τὸν ἄγγελον Κυρίου κατάσχωμεν ὧδέ σε, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἐνώπιόν σου ἔριφον αἰγῶν.
• Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 13:16
  καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς Μανῶε Ἐὰν κατάσχῃς με, οὐ φάγομαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρτων σου· καὶ ἐὰν ποιήσῃς ὁλοκαύτωμα, τῷ κυρίῳ ἀνοίσεις αὐτό· ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω Μανῶε ὅτι ἄγγελος Κυρίου αὐτός.
• Judges (Codex Vaticanus) 19:4
  καὶ κατέσχεν αὐτὸν ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος, καὶ ἐκάθισεν μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ ηὐλίσθησαν ἐκεῖ.
• Ruth 1:13
  μὴ αὐτοὺς προσδέξεσθε ἕως οὗ ἁδρυνθῶσιν; ἢ αὐτοῖς κατασχεθήσεσθε τοῦ μὴ γενέσθαι ἀνδρί; μὴ δὴ θυγατέρες μου, ὅτι ἐπικράνθη μοι ὑπὲρ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ἐξῆλθεν ἐν ἐμοὶ χεὶρ Κυρίου.
• 2 Kingdoms 1:9
  καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Στῆθι δὴ ἐπάνω μου καὶ θανάτωσόν με, ὄτι κατέσχεν με σκότος δεινόν, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἐμοί.
• 2 Kingdoms 2:21
  καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀβεννήρ Ἔκκλινον σὺ εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ ἢ εἰς τὰ ἀριστερά, καὶ κατάσχε σαυτῷ ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων καὶ λάβε σεαυτῷ τὴν πανοπλίαν αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ἀσαὴλ ἐκκλῖναι ἐκ τῶν ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ.
• 2 Kingdoms 4:10
  ὅτι ὁ ἀπαγγείλας μοι ὅτι τέθνηκεν Σαοὺλ καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ὡς εὐαγγελιζόμενος ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ κατέσχον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀπέκτεινα ἐν Σεκελάκ, ᾧ ἔδει με δοῦναι εὐαγγέλια.
• 2 Kingdoms 6:6
  καὶ παραγίνονται ἕως ἅλω Νωδάβ· καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ὀζὰ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ κατασχεῖν αὐτήν. καὶ ἐκράτησεν αὐτήν, ὅτι περιέσπασεν αὐτὸν ὁ μόσχος, τοῦ αὐτήν.
• 3 Kingdoms 1:51
  καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντες Ἰδοὺ Ἀδωνείας ἐφοβήθη τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμών, καὶ κατέχει τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγων Ὀμοσάτω μοι σήμερον ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν εἰ οὐ θανατώσει τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ.
• 3 Kingdoms 2:28
  καὶ ἡ ἀκοὴ ἦλθεν ἕως Ἰωὰβ τοῦ υἱοῦ Σαρουίας, ὅτι Ἰωὰβ ἦν κεκλικὼς ὀπίσω Ἀδωνειά, καὶ ὀπίσω Ἀβεσσαλὼμ οὐκ ἔκλινεν· καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰωὰβ εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατέσχεν τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου.
• 3 Kingdoms 2:29
  καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαλωμὼν λέγοντες ὅτι Ἔφυγεν Ἰωὰβ εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ κατέχει τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Σαλωμὼν πρὸς Ἰωὰβ λέγων Τί γέγονέν σοι ὅτι πέφευγας εἰς τὸ θυσιαστήριον; καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωάβ Ὅτι ἐφοβήθην ἀπὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἔφυγον πρὸς Κύριον. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Σαλωμὼν τὸν Βαναιοὺ υἱὸν Ἰωδᾶε λέγων Πορεύου καὶ ἄνελε αὐτόν, καὶ θάψον αὐτόν.
• 4 Kingdoms 12:12
  καὶ τοῖς τειχισταῖς καὶ τοῖς λατόμοις τῶν λίθων, τοῦ κτήσασθαι ξύλα καὶ λίθους λατομητοὺς τοῦ κατασχεῖν τὸ βεδὲκ οἴκου Κυρίου, εἰς πάντα ὅσα ἐξωδιάσθη ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ κραταιῶσαι.
• 1 Chronicles 13:9
  καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἕως τῆς ἄλωνος· καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Ὀζὰ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τοῦ κατασχεῖν τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ ἐξέκλινεν αὐτὴν ὁ μόσχος.
• 2 Chronicles 15:8
  καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι τοὺς λόγους τούτους καὶ τὴν προφητείαν Ἀδὰδ τοῦ προφήτου, καὶ κατίσχυσεν καὶ ἐξέβαλεν τὰ βδελύγματα ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς Ἰούδα καὶ Βενιαμεὶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πόλεων ὧν κατέσχεν ἐν ὄρει Ἐφράιμ, καὶ ἀνεκαίνισεν τὸ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίου ὃ ἦν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου.
• 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 13:4
  καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα αὐτῶν κατέσχεν ἐπὶ Ῥαμὼθ υἱοῦ Οὐρεία υἱοῦ Ἁκώς. καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα αὐτῶν κατέσχεν Σαδὼκ υἱὸς Βαανά.
• 2 Esdras (Ezra + Nehemiah) 13:5
  καὶ ἐπὶ χεῖρα αὐτῶν κατέσχοσαν οἱ Θεκωείν, καὶ ἀδωρηὲμ οὐκ εἰσήνεγκαν τράχηλον αὐτῶν εἰς δουλείαν αὐτῶν.
• Judith 5:19
  καὶ νῦν ἐπιστρέψαντες ἐπὶ τὸν θεὸν αὐτῶν ἀνέβησαν ἐκ τῆς διασπορᾶς οὗ διεσπάρησαν ἐκεῖ, κατέσχον τὴν Ἰερουσαλὴμ οὗ τὸ ἁγίασμα αὐτῶν, καὶ κατῳκίσθησαν ἐν τῇ ὀρινῇ, ὅτι ἦν ἔρημος.
• 1 Maccabees 6:27
  καὶ ἐὰν μὴ προκαταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς διὰ τάχους, μείζονα τούτων ποιήσουσιν, καὶ οὐ δυνήσει τοῦ κατασχεῖν αὐτῶν.
• 2 Maccabees 15:5
  ὁ δὲ ἕτερος Κἀγώ, φησίν, δυνάστης ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὁ προστάσσων αἴρειν τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τὰς βασιλικὰς χρείας ἐπιτελεῖν. ὅμως οὐ κατέσχεν ἐπιτελέσαι τὸ σχέτλιον αὐτοῦ βούλημα.
• 3 Maccabees 5:12
  καὶ ἡδίστῳ καὶ βαθεῖ κατεσχέθη τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ τοῦ δεσπότου, τῆς ἀθέσμου μὲν προθέσεως πολὺ διεσφαλμένος, τοῦ δὲ ἀμεταθέτου λογισμοῦ μεγάλως διεψευσμένος.
• Psalms 68:37
  καὶ τὸ σπέρμα τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ καθέξουσιν αὐτήν, καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ κατασκηνώσουσιν ἐν αὐτῇ.
• Psalms 72:12
  ἰδοὺ ἁμαρτωλοὶ καὶ εὐθηνοῦνται· εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατέσχον πλούτου.
• Psalms 118:53
  ἀθυμία κατέσχεν με ἀπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν τῶν ἐνκαταλιμπανόντων τὸν νόμον σου.
• Psalms 138:10
  καὶ γὰρ ἐκεῖ ἡ χείρ σου ὁδηγήσει με, καὶ καθέξει με ἡ δεξιά σου.
• Proverbs 18:22a
  ὃς ἐκβάλλει γυναῖκα ἀγαθὴν ἐκβάλλει τὰ ἀγαθά, ὁ δὲ κατέχων μοιχαλίδα ἄφρων καὶ ἀσεβής.
• Proverbs 19:12
  δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρογύναιον, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀεργοῦ πεινάσει.
• Song of Songs 3:8
  πάντες κατέχοντες ῥομφαίαν, δεδιδαγμένοι πόλεμον· ἀνὴρ ῥομφαία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ μηρὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ θάμβους ἐν νυξίν.
• Job 15:24
  ἀνάγκη δὲ καὶ θλίψις αὐτὸν καθέξει ὥσπερ στρατηγὸς πρωτοστάτης πίπτων·
• Job 23:9
  ἀριστερὰ ποιήσαντος αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐ κατέσχον, περιβαλεῖ δεξιὰ καὶ οὐκ ὄψομαι.
• Job 27:17
  ταῦτα πάντα δίκαιοι περιποιήσονται, τὰ δὲ χρήματα αὐτοῦ ἀληθινοὶ καθέξουσιν.
• Job 34:14
  εἰ γὰρ βούλοιτο συνέχειν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα παρ’ αὐτῷ κατασχεῖν,
• Wisdom 17:4
  οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ κατέχων αὐτοὺς μυχὸς ἀφόβως διεφύλασσεν, ἦχοι δ’ ἐκταράσσοντες αὐτοὺς περιεκόμπουν, καὶ φάσματα ἀμειδήτοις κατηφῆ προσώποις ἐνεφανίζετο.
• Sirach 46:9
  καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ κύριος τῷ Χαλὲβ ἰσχύν. καὶ ἕως γήρους διέμεινεν αὐτῷ, ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὕψος τῆς γῆς. καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ κατέσχεν κληρονομίαν·
• Isaiah 40:22
  ὁ κατέχων τὸν γῦρον τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἐνοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ ὡς ἀκρίδες, ὁ στήσας ὡς καμάραν τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ διατείνας ὡς σκηνὴν κατοικεῖν,

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.