κατέχω katechō

Greek word for “to hold back/fast” · Strong’s G2722 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

κατ-έχω; 1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116;

How it is translated

Glosses given for katechō in context, with how often each is used:

• keep 2
• possessing 2
• restraining 2
• detaining 1
• take 1
• making 1
• suppressing 1
• bound 1
• keeping 1
• hold fast 1
• do hold fast 1
• may hold 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Thessalonians 2 (2), Hebrews 3 (2), Luke 4 (1), Luke 8 (1), Luke 14 (1), Acts 27 (1), Romans 1 (1), Romans 7 (1), 1 Corinthians 7 (1), 1 Corinthians 11 (1)

Forms

• κατέχετε 3
• κατεῖχον 2
• κατέχειν 2
• κατέχοντες 2
• κατάσχωμεν 2
• κατέχουσιν 1
• κατεχόντων 1
• κατειχόμεθα 1
• κατέχον 1
• κατέχων 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katechō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀποκαλύπτω apokaluptō “to reveal” 2
• ἐλπίς elpis “hope” 2
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 2
• τόπος topos “place” 2
• καλός kalos “good” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 3
• ἕως heōs “until” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 2

Key verses

The verses using katechō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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.
• 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.
• 1 Corinthians 15:2 — By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21 — Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7 — For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
• Hebrews 3:6 — But 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.
• Hebrews 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Hebrews 10:23 — Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.