συνέχω sunechō

Greek word for “to hold/oppress” · Strong’s G4912 · used 12 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

συν-έχω; 1. to hold together (τ.

How it is translated

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

• oppressing 1
• oppressed with 1
• seized 1
• surround 1
• distressed 1
• will hem in 1
• holding 1
• held 1
• occupied 1
• oppressed 1
• compels 1
• pressed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 8 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Luke 4 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 19 (1), Luke 22 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 18 (1), Acts 28 (1), 2 Corinthians 5 (1)

Forms

• συνέχομαι 2
• συνεχομένους 1
• συνεχομένη 1
• συνείχοντο 1
• συνέχουσίν 1
• συνέξουσίν 1
• συνέχοντες 1
• συνέσχον 1
• συνείχετο 1
• συνεχόμενον 1

Words used with it

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

• πυρετός puretos “fever” 2
• μέγας megas “great” 3
• ἐρωτάω erōtaō “to ask” 2
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 2
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 2
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 4:24 — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were…
• Luke 4:38 — And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.
• Luke 8:37 — Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into…
• Luke 8:45 — And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who…
• Luke 12:50 — But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
• Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
• Luke 22:63 — And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
• Acts 7:57 — Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
• Acts 18:5 — And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• Acts 28:8 — And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and…
• 2 Corinthians 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
• Philippians 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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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.