Strong's Greek: 2697. κατάσχεσις (kataschesis) -- a holding fast

Strong's Concordance

kataschesis: a holding fast

Original Word: κατάσχεσις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kataschesis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as'-khes-is)
Short Definition: a possession
Definition: a possession, holding fast.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2697: κατάσχεσις

κατάσχεσις, 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)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

possession.

From katecho; a holding down, i.e. Occupancy -- possession.

see GREEK katecho

Forms and Transliterations

κατασχεσει κατασχέσει κατασχέσεσιν κατασχέσεως κατασχεσιν κατάσχεσιν κατάσχεσίν κατάσχεσις κατατάσσων κατατεμούσιν κατατενεί κατατενείς κατατέρπου κατατέτακται κατατετμημένοι κατατήξεις κατέταξας κατετέμνοντο kataschesei kataschései kataschesin katáschesin

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