Strong's Greek · G2722
G2722 katéchō
κατέχω
kat-ekh'-o
to hold back/fast
Looking for Hebrew H2722 Chôrêb? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G2722. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
katéchō appears 17 times in Scripture, including Luke 4:42 and Acts 27:40. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version
have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold
Derivation
Appears 17 times in Scripture
“By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.”
“At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.”
“Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.”
“But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.”
“Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.”
“The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.”
“sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.”
“but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.”
“Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.”
“But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
