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STRONGS NUMBER G2697
Transliteration: kataschesis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as'-khes-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a holding fast
Meaning: a holding fast
κατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for אֲחֻזָּה, possession;
Word Summary
kataschesis: a holding fast
Original Word: κατάσχεσιςTransliteration: kataschesis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as'-khes-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a holding fast
Meaning: a holding fast
Strong's Concordance
possession. From katecho; a holding down, i.e. Occupancy -- possession.
see GREEK katecho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2697: κατάσχεσιςκατάσχεσις, κατασχέσεως, ἡ (κατέχω), the Sept. often for אֲחֻזָּה, possession;
1. a holding back, hindering: anonymous in Walz, Rhetor. i., p. 616, 20.
2. a holding fast, possession: γῆν δοῦναι εἰς κατάσχεσιν, to give in possession the land, Acts 7:5, as in Genesis 17:8; Deuteronomy 32:49 Alex.; Ezekiel 33:24; Ezekiel 36:2f, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 9, 1, 2; (Test xii. Patr., test. Benj. § 10); with the genitive of the subjunctive τῶν ἐθνῶν, of the territory possessed by (the possession of) the nations, Acts 7:45; (a portion given to keep, Philo, rer. div. haer. § 40 (cf. Psalm 2:8)).