Lexical Definition

‎κατέχω‎ katéchō (kat-ekh'-o) to hold back/fast ^G:V
from ‎κατά‎ and ‎ἔχω‎

have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.

• to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)

Abbott-Smith

κατ-έχω, [in LXX for אחז, חזק hi., etc.;]
1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155),
(a) to possess, hold fast: Lk 8:15, [4](/btb/interlinear/43%20-%20John/5/John.5.4.html)], Ro 1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), I Co 7:30 11:2, II Co 6:10, I Th 5:21, He 3:6, 14 10:23;
(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Lk 14:9.
2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): c. acc. seq. τοῦ μή c. inf., Lk 4:42; seq. πρός, c. acc., Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), II Th 2:6, 7.
3. Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, s.v.): Ac 27:40.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατέχω,

future καθέξω (of duration) [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist κατέσχον, poetry

__A κατέσχεθον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular κάσχεθε [Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect κατέσκ [εθε] [Refs 7th c.BC+]; late aorist κατέσχα [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__A.I transitive, hold fast, καλύπτρην χείρεσσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.I.b hold back, withhold, εἴ με βίῃ ἀέκοντα καθέξει [Refs 8th c.BC+]: check, restrain, bridle, ἑωυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [γυναῖκε] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργήν, θυμόν, ὕβριν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν ἀγωγήν put it off, [Refs]; κ. τὸ πλῆθος ἐλευθέρως, ἰσχύϊ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὖρον hold in, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑαυτὸν κατέχει μὴ ἐπιπηδᾶν restrains himself from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be held down, γλῶσσα κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be bound, ὁρκίοισι μεγάλοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς τινων ὀφειλήμασιν [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of a nation, to be kept under (by tyrants), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.c detain, κ. [αὐτοὺς] ἐνιαυτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be detained, stay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.I.d in imprecations, inhibit (compare καταδέω[κατέχω “Tab.Defix.” 109. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.I.e place under arrest, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__A.I.f keep an oath, ὅρκον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__A.I.2 c.genitive, gain possession of, be master of, τῶν ἐπιστημῶν μὴ πάνυ κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; control, τινων [LXX]; ἑαυτῶν Erot.see entry προπετή; μηκέτι κατέχων ἑαυτοῦ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; cling to, τῶν κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου [LXX]
__A.II possess, occupy, especiallyof rulers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῴζειν ἅπερ ἃν ἅπαξ κατάσχωσι whatever they have got, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of property. enjoy possession of, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc. (but also, sequestrate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὡς μηδὲν ἔχοντες καὶ πάντα κατέχοντες [NT]
__A.II.b dwell in, occupy, Ὀλύμπου αἴγλαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of tutelary gods, Παρνασίαν ὃς κ. πέτραν, of Dionysus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a place, μέσον ὀμφαλὸν γᾶς Φοίβου κ. δόμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dead. θήκας Ἰλιάδος γᾶς.. κατέχουσι occupy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.2 of sound, fill, οἱ δ᾽ ἀλαλητῷ πᾶν πεδίον κατέχουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις fill it with his grievous cries, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, οἶκος κλαυθμῷ κατείχετο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.3 πανδάκρυτον βιοτὰν κ. continue to live a life.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.4 to be spread over, cover, νὺξ.. δνοφερὴ κάτεχ᾽ οὐρανόν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίνες αὖ πόντον κατέχουσ᾽ αὖρα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σελήνη.. κατείχετο.. νεφέεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, Epic dialect aorist, κατέσχετο χερσὶ πρόσωπα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατασχομένη ἑανῷ having covered her face, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.5 of the grave, confine, cover, τοὺς δ᾽ ἤδη κάτεχεν φυσίζοος αἶα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a threat, πάρος τινὰ γαῖα καθέξει sooner shall earth cover many a one, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__A.II.6 of circumstances, etc., hold fast, have one in their power, μιν κατὰ γῆρας ἔχει χεῖράς τε πόδας τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὃν θάνατος δακρυόεις καθέχει (sic) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχη, πόλεμος κ. τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. κίνδυνος Σικελίαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ὑπὸ μεγάλης ἀνάγκης κατεχόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely in good sense, ὁ δ᾽ ὄλβιος, ὃν φᾶμαι κατέχοντ᾽ ἀγαθαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.6.b of circumstances, etc., prevail, prevail among, engage, ἄλλα τῶν κατεχόντων πρηγμάτων χαλεπώτερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγάλοι θόρυβοι κατέχουσ᾽ ἡμᾶς murmurs are rife among us, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φήμης ἀθρόας -σχούσης τὸ Ἑλληνικόν a sudden rumour having overspread Greece, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__A.II.7 seize, occupy, in right of conquest, τὸ Καδμείων πέδον uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in historical writers, -σχήσειν [τὴν ἀκρόπολιν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.8 achieve, effect an object, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II.9 master, understand, οὐ κατέχω τί βούλει φράζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. νοῦν στίχων grasp the sense of.., [Refs]
__A.II.9.b keep in mind, remember, χρήσιμον καὶ τοῦτο κατασχεῖν τὸ στοιχεῖον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. τινὰ ὀψοφάγον Chrysipp.Tyan. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. ὅτι, διότι, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.II.10 possess, of a god, εἰ θεός ἐστιν ὁ σὰς κατέχων φρένας [Refs]; τοιοῦτος ἔρως κατεῖχε τὴν ἄνθρωπον she was so infatuated, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of an actor, κ. τὸ θέατρον held the audience spellbound, [Refs 1st c.AD+] (but, kept the audience waiting, Phoc.[Refs]; of poets, μύθοις [τοὺς ἀκούοντας] κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—mostly in passive, of persons, to be possessed, inspired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ Ὁμήρου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ θέατρον κατείχετο the audience was spellbound, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of hydrophobia patients, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of a lover, τῷ αὐτῷ θεῷ (i.e. Ἔρωτι) κατέσχημαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—also in aorist middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III follow close upon, press hard, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive [Refs]
__A.IV bring a ship to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B intransitive,
__B.1 (i.e. ἑαυτόν) control oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. τὸ μὴ δακρύειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.1.b stop, cease, of the wind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 come from the high sea to shore, put in (see. supr. IV), νηΐ Θορικόνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίνες ποτ᾽ ἐς γῆν τήνδε.. κατέσχετ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a journey by land, rest, προξένων δ᾽ ἔν του κατέσχε; [Refs 2nd c.BC+] shall come safe to land, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.3 prevail, ὁ λόγος κ. the report prevails, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.4 gain the upper hand, παρά τινι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; gain one's purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C middle, keep back for oneself, embezzle, [τὰ χρήματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__C.2 cover oneself, see above [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C.3 hold, contain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__C.II aorist middle, ={κατέχω} [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__C.II.2 in passive sense, τεαῖς ῥιπαῖσι κατασχόμενος subdued, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καρδίαν κατέσχετο ἔρωτι was seized with, possessed by, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see above[Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: 2Cor.6.10}