Strong G472ἀντέχω
to cling to
- Transliteration
- antechomai
- Pronunciation
- an-tekh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀντ-ὲχω
(ἀντί, ἔχω), [in LXX for חָזַק hi., etc.;]
1. trans., to hold against.
2. Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against.
3. (cf. MM, VGT, see word), to hold firmly to, cleave to: with genitive (see Bl., § 36, 2), Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Th.5:14 (see M, Th., in l), Tit.1:9.†
(AS)
(ἀντί, ἔχω), [in LXX for חָזַק hi., etc.;]
1. trans., to hold against.
2. Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against.
3. (cf. MM, VGT, see word), to hold firmly to, cleave to: with genitive (see Bl., § 36, 2), Mat.6:24, Luk.16:13, 1Th.5:14 (see M, Th., in l), Tit.1:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G472 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hold3
- support1
First verses
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
- Titus 1:9Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀντέχω
or ἀντίσχω, future ἀνθέζω; participle ἀντισχήσων[Refs 4th c.AD+ ((in sense 11) 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 33.2:)]aorist ἀντέσχον:— hold against, with accusative et genitive, χεῖρ᾽ ἀ. κρατός hold one's hand against one's head so as to shade the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1651: with _dative_, ὄμμασι δ᾽ ἀντίσχοις (-έχοις codices) τάνδ᾽ αἴγλαν)] may'st thou keep this sunlight upon his eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 830 (Lyric poetry); τοὺς χαλινοὺς τῶν ἵππων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.6.7.)]
II with dative, hold out against, withstand, Ἀρπάγῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.175, compare 8.68. ; τοῖς δικαίοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 78; τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; πρός τινα [prev. author] 6.22; πρὸς τοὺς καμάτους 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.6.10, etc.)]: with accusative, endure, ἀντέχομεν καμάτους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.299 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); but in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.63 ἀ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου)] rather belongs to the next signification, hold out as regards the war; so πολλὰἀ. [Refs ([prev. work] 86.)]
II.2 hold out, endure, with participle, ἡ Ἄζωτος.. ἐπὶ πλεῖστον χρόνον πολιορκουμένη ἀντέσχε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.157, compare 5.115, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.70; μηκέτι ἀντέχωσι τῷ πόνῳ διϊστάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 81d)]; πολλάκις γιγνομένην ψυχὴν ἀντέχειν last through several states of existence, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 88a.)]
II.3 absolutely, hold out, stand one's ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.16, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 413, etc.; πῶς δύσμορος ἀντέχε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 176 (Lyric poetry); νόσημα ἀντίσχει τὸν αἰῶνα πάντα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 11; ἔστ᾽ ἂν αἰὼν ἀντέχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 337; βραχὺν χρόνον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.10)]; ἀ. ἐπὶ πολύ, ἐπί πλέον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, 65)]; ἀ. ἐλπίσιν in hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.26; ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.16: peculiarly, ἀ. μὴ ὑπακοῦσαι)] I hold out against.., refuse.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708a.)]
II.3.b of the rivers drunk by the Persian army, hold out, suffice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.196, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 413 (in full ἀ. ῥέεθρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58)]; ἀ. ὕδωρ παρέχων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 108); so ἀντέχει ὁ σῖτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65.)]
II.4 extend, reach, ἐς ὅσον ἡ ἐπιστήμη ἀ.[Refs ([prev. author] 6.69)]; prevail, διὰ τὴν λῃστείαν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀντίσχουσαν[Refs (1.7.)]
III middle, hold before one against something, with accusative et genitive, ἀντίσχεσθε τραπέζας ἰῶν hold out the tables against the arrows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.74.)]
III.2 with genitive only, hold on by, cling to, ἐκείνου τῆς χειρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; πέπλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 750, compare “Ion” 1404; τῶν θυρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 161: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τῶν ὄχθων)] cling to the banks, keep close to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.56)]; ἀ. Ἡρακλέος cleave to Hercules, i.e. worship him above all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.33)]; ἀ. τῆς ἀρετῆς, Latin adhaerere virtuti, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134; ἀ. τοῦ πολέμου [prev. author] 7.53; τοῦ κέρδους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 354; τῆς θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; σωτηρίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.6; τῆς ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 58e, compare “R.” 600d, +others; τῶν παραδεδομένων μύθων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b24)]; τῆς ἐλευθερίας Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185; τῶν δικαίων “POxy.” 1203.30 (1st c.AD))]. b. with genitive person, care for, support, 1Ep. Thess.[Refs (5.14.)]
III.3 absolutely, αὐτὸς ἀντέχου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 893, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1121.)]
III.4 with double genitive person et of things, ἀνθέξεταί σου τῶν πατρῴων χρημάτων will lay claim to the property from you, dispute it with you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1658.)]
III.5 resist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b; φονεῦσαι τοὺς ἀντεχομένους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.49.)]
III.6 adhere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583a18: in Medicine texts, of constipation, γαστὴρ ἀντίσχετο 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.20; γαστρὸς ἀντεχομένης [prev. work] 17.)]
or ἀντίσχω, future ἀνθέζω; participle ἀντισχήσων[Refs 4th c.AD+ ((in sense 11) 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 33.2:)]aorist ἀντέσχον:— hold against, with accusative et genitive, χεῖρ᾽ ἀ. κρατός hold one's hand against one's head so as to shade the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1651: with _dative_, ὄμμασι δ᾽ ἀντίσχοις (-έχοις codices) τάνδ᾽ αἴγλαν)] may'st thou keep this sunlight upon his eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 830 (Lyric poetry); τοὺς χαλινοὺς τῶν ἵππων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.6.7.)]
II with dative, hold out against, withstand, Ἀρπάγῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.175, compare 8.68. ; τοῖς δικαίοις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 78; τῇ ταλαιπωρίᾳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; πρός τινα [prev. author] 6.22; πρὸς τοὺς καμάτους 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.6.10, etc.)]: with accusative, endure, ἀντέχομεν καμάτους[Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.299 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); but in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.63 ἀ. τὰ τοῦ πολέμου)] rather belongs to the next signification, hold out as regards the war; so πολλὰἀ. [Refs ([prev. work] 86.)]
II.2 hold out, endure, with participle, ἡ Ἄζωτος.. ἐπὶ πλεῖστον χρόνον πολιορκουμένη ἀντέσχε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.157, compare 5.115, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.70; μηκέτι ἀντέχωσι τῷ πόνῳ διϊστάμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 81d)]; πολλάκις γιγνομένην ψυχὴν ἀντέχειν last through several states of existence, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 88a.)]
II.3 absolutely, hold out, stand one's ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.16, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 413, etc.; πῶς δύσμορος ἀντέχε; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 176 (Lyric poetry); νόσημα ἀντίσχει τὸν αἰῶνα πάντα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 11; ἔστ᾽ ἂν αἰὼν ἀντέχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 337; βραχὺν χρόνον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.10)]; ἀ. ἐπὶ πολύ, ἐπί πλέον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.7, 65)]; ἀ. ἐλπίσιν in hope, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.26; ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.16: peculiarly, ἀ. μὴ ὑπακοῦσαι)] I hold out against.., refuse.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.708a.)]
II.3.b of the rivers drunk by the Persian army, hold out, suffice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.196, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 413 (in full ἀ. ῥέεθρον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.58)]; ἀ. ὕδωρ παρέχων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 108); so ἀντέχει ὁ σῖτος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.65.)]
II.4 extend, reach, ἐς ὅσον ἡ ἐπιστήμη ἀ.[Refs ([prev. author] 6.69)]; prevail, διὰ τὴν λῃστείαν ἐπὶ πολὺ ἀντίσχουσαν[Refs (1.7.)]
III middle, hold before one against something, with accusative et genitive, ἀντίσχεσθε τραπέζας ἰῶν hold out the tables against the arrows, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.74.)]
III.2 with genitive only, hold on by, cling to, ἐκείνου τῆς χειρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; πέπλων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 750, compare “Ion” 1404; τῶν θυρῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 161: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τῶν ὄχθων)] cling to the banks, keep close to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.56)]; ἀ. Ἡρακλέος cleave to Hercules, i.e. worship him above all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.33)]; ἀ. τῆς ἀρετῆς, Latin adhaerere virtuti, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134; ἀ. τοῦ πολέμου [prev. author] 7.53; τοῦ κέρδους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 354; τῆς θαλάσσης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; σωτηρίας 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 33.6; τῆς ἀληθείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 58e, compare “R.” 600d, +others; τῶν παραδεδομένων μύθων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b24)]; τῆς ἐλευθερίας Canon Laws texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.185; τῶν δικαίων “POxy.” 1203.30 (1st c.AD))]. b. with genitive person, care for, support, 1Ep. Thess.[Refs (5.14.)]
III.3 absolutely, αὐτὸς ἀντέχου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 893, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1121.)]
III.4 with double genitive person et of things, ἀνθέξεταί σου τῶν πατρῴων χρημάτων will lay claim to the property from you, dispute it with you, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1658.)]
III.5 resist, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574b; φονεῦσαι τοὺς ἀντεχομένους 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.49.)]
III.6 adhere, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583a18: in Medicine texts, of constipation, γαστὴρ ἀντίσχετο 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.20; γαστρὸς ἀντεχομένης [prev. work] 17.)]