G2722 κατέχω
Strong's Greek Concordance · 20 KJV occurrences
κατέχω
katéchō
Definition
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings
have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 20)
- Matthew 21:38But 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 8:15But 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.
- Acts 27:40And 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 7:6But 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 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:7For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
- Hebrews 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.