Strong G1907ἐπέχω
to hold fast/out
- Transliteration
- epechō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ekh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-έχω
[in LXX for חָדַל, etc.; also Sir.8:1 34:2, 2Ma.5:25 2Mac 9:25, al.;]
1. to hold upon.
2. Like παρέχω (as in Hom., al.), to hold out, offer: λόγον ζωῆς, Php.2:16.
3. to hold or direct towards, Sc.νοῦν;
__(a) absol., to intend, purpose;
__(b) to observe, give attention to (see MM, Exp., xiv): before πῶς, Luk.14:7; with dative of person(s), Act.3:5, 1Ti.4:16.
4. to stay, wait: Act.19:22 (in legal phrase, MM, Exp., l.with).†
(AS)
[in LXX for חָדַל, etc.; also Sir.8:1 34:2, 2Ma.5:25 2Mac 9:25, al.;]
1. to hold upon.
2. Like παρέχω (as in Hom., al.), to hold out, offer: λόγον ζωῆς, Php.2:16.
3. to hold or direct towards, Sc.νοῦν;
__(a) absol., to intend, purpose;
__(b) to observe, give attention to (see MM, Exp., xiv): before πῶς, Luk.14:7; with dative of person(s), Act.3:5, 1Ti.4:16.
4. to stay, wait: Act.19:22 (in legal phrase, MM, Exp., l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1907 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- give1
- he1
- hold1
- mark1
- stay1
- take1
First verses
- Luke 14:7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
- Acts 3:5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
- Acts 19:22So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
- Philippians 2:16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
- 1 Timothy 4:16Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπέχω,
future ἐφέξω (see. infr. IV. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, 2) and ἐπισχήσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.88)]: aorist ἐπέσχον, imperative ἐπίσχες, infinitive ἐπισχεῖ; poetry [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπισχέθοι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Septem contra Thebas” 453 (Lyric poetry), ἐπέσχεθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1622)]: perfect [Refs (ἐπέσχηκα “Supp.epigram” 1.362.12)] (Samos, 4th c.BC):—have or hold upon, θρῆνυν.., τῷ κεν ἐπισχοίης (variant{ἐπίσχοιας}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (λιπαροὺς πόδας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.241, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.410; ποτῷ κρωσσὸν ἐ.)] hold it to or for.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.46; λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες (i.e. κόσμῳ))] holding it out like a torch, [NT (NT.Phil.2.16:—)]middle, hold by, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (χειρός 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.751)].
II hold out to, present, offer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (οἶνον ἐπισχών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.489; ἐπέσχε τε οἶνον ἐρυθρόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.444; κοτύλην.. ἐπέσχε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.494)]; εἴ ποτέ τοι.. μαζὸν ἐπέσχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andr.” 225; also γάλακτι δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέσχον οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρός)] I offered not mother's food with my breast, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ion” 1492)]: with infinitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πιεῖν ἐπέσχον Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1382)]: absolutely, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Pax” 1167:)] —middle, ἐπισχόμενος (i.e. τὴν κύλικα) ἐξέπιεν having put it to his lips, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 117c, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 7, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.472, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 37; ἐπὶ χείλεσι.. μαστὸν ἐπισχομένη 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 92)]; present a sum of money, τῇ πόλει [Refs (“Supp.epigram” [prev. cited])]
II.2 extend, spread out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὴν πλεκτάνην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b6)].
II.3 simply, hold, [Refs (σκῆπτρα “IPE” 2.37 (from Panticapaeum))]; of writings, contain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VS” 2.24.2, compare 2.9.1.)]
II.4 enjoin, impose a task, with dative person, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Arc.” 17, “Vand.” 1.8.)]
III hold or direct towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔπεχε τόξον σκοπῷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.89; ἄλλῳ ἐπεῖχε τόξα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 984)]:— middle, absolutely, ἐπισχόμενος βάλεν ἰῷ having aimed at him he hit him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.15.)]
III.b intransitive, aim at, attack, τί μοι ὧδ᾽ ἐπέχει; why thus launch out against me? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.71; in tmesi, ἐπὶ αὐτῷ πάντες ἔχωμεν 22.75; ἀλλήλοις ἐ. {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711; ἄνδρα ἐπέχοντα τῷ Πύρρῳ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pyrrhus” 16; ἐπέχειν ἐπί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.59; τὰς ἐπὶ σφίσι ναῦς ἐπεχούσας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.105; πρός τι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Antonius” 66)]: with dative, ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον held straight for the beach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1766: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ba.” 1131.)]
III.2 ἐπέχειν τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπί τινι direct one's mind to a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 926b; τῷ πολέμῳ τὴν γνώμην Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Aemilius Paulus” 8)], etc.; also ἐ. ἑαυτόν τινι attend to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 399b codices)]
III.2.b absolutely, ἐπέχειν (i.e. τὸν νοῦν) intend, purpose, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 153, 6.96:)] with dative _of things_, to be intent upon, ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, διαβάσει, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 490, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.43.2, etc.)]
III.3 stand facing, face in a line of battle, οὗτοι (i.e. οἱ Μῆδοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31)].
IV hold back, keep in check, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐπέσχε δὲ καλὰ ῥέεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.244; καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 50)]; ἐπισχὼν ἡνίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 847; ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν [prev\. author] “Ph.” 881; ὀργάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1642; οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμ; [prev\. author] “Hec.” 1283)]; χρησμοὺς ἐ. withhold them, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ph.” 866; ἐπέχειν τινὰ τῷ ξύλῳ)] keep him down with the stick, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1121; τὸ εὐθέως ἐπιχειρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33)]; confine, as the earth a corpse, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“AP” 7.461 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ στόμα _cover,_ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Cat.Mi.” 28; ἐπέχομεν τὴν ἐκπνοήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.172; τὰς διαχωρήσεις ἐ. [prev\. author] Vict. _Attic dialect_ 12)]:—middle, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐπισχόμενος τὰ ὦτα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 216a)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τοῦ βάθους ἐπεσχημένου 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.1.3)]; to be prevented, hindered, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (ὑπό τινος “PFreib.” 11.13 (4th c.AD))]; of the menses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.184.)]
IV.b stay or adjourn proceedings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὰ πρὸς Ἀργείους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46)]; τὴν ζημίαν καὶ τὴν κατασκαφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 63; τὴν δίαιταν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84)]; suspend payments, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 337.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), compare “PGiss.” 48.11 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV.c [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐ. τινά τινος _stop, hinder from,?? 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 742, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87)]: with infinitive, σε μήτε νὺξ μήτε ἡμέρα ἐπισχέτω ὥστε ἀνεῖναι.. let them not stop thee so that thou neglect.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129; ἐ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 517, “Ph.” 349; κλαυθμυρίζον τὸ βρέφος ἐπισχεῖν μὴ δυνάμεναι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88)]:—passive, μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου no objection being taken, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 327.37 (2nd c.AD).)]
IV.d impersonal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἐπέχει _there is a hindrance,?? 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracle texts” 97.3)].
IV.2 absolutely, stay, pause, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Ἀντίνοος δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐπεῖχε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.186)]; refrain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5.51, 7.139; εἰ δ᾽ ἐφέξετον)] if you tarry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1369, etc.: followed by a _conjunction_, especially in _imperative_, ἐπίσχες ἢν..)] wait and see whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 397; ἐπίσχες ἔστ᾽ ἂν.. προσμάθῃς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 697; ἐ. ἕως.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.1; μέχρι τοσούτου ἔως.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; ἐπίσχες, absolutely, hold! stop! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ch.” 896, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 856, etc.; ἐπίσχετε, μηδὲ συρίξητε 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 2.6D.; ἐπίσχετον, μάθωμεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 539, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 567)]; in participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπισχὼν ὀλίγον χρόνον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132)], +others; τὸ ἐπισχεῖν, opposed to τὸ παραχρῆμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.73; οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπισχὼν ἧκεν)] came after a short interval, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 59e; μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα διεφθείροντο)] they very shortly died, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 4.4.13, cf. Diocl.fragment 43; in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81 οὐκ ἐπέσχον τὸ στρατόπεδον καταλαβεῖν)] did not halt for the purpose of occupying a camp (unless it, = 'had no intention of occupying').
IV.2.b with genitive of things, stop or cease from, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐπίσχες τοῦ δρόμου Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1200; τῆς πορείας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.12; τούτου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.31; also ἐ. περί τινος [prev\. author] 5.32, compare 8.5)]: so with infinitive, leave off, cease to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 3.6.10)]: with participle, cease doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἀναλῶν οὐκ ἐφέξεις Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 915 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 449.)]
IV.2.c as technical term of the Sceptics, suspend judgement, doubt, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.387, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 1.196; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδήλοις Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.955c; <πρὸς> τὰ ἄδηλα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.7.5)].
IV.3 middle, maintain reserve, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπείχετο [ἡ σύγκλητος] κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.17)] (assuming variant).
V reach or extend over a space, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐπτὰ δ᾽ ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.407)]; ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε πυρὸς μένος so far as the fire reached, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.238, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] “Aër.” 5, etc.: aorist middle, ἐπέσχετο he lay outstretched, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Th.” 177; βούβρωστις ἐπέσχετο κόσμον _prevailed over..,?? epigram Gr. 793.5 (from Apollonia); ἀφορία ἐ. τὸν βίον 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 44.1)].
VI have power over, occupy a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (οἱ Σκύθαι τὴν Ἀσίην πᾶσαν ἐπέσχον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.104, compare 108, 8.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.101, 7.62)], etc.; of things, ἐπ᾽ ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐ. occupies or engages them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.199; τὴν πόλιν ἐπεῖχε κλαυθμός Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Otho” 17)]; ὧν τὰς χρόας τὸ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἡμερινὸν φῶς ἐ. _overspreads,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 508c: κραυγῆς ἐπεχούσης τὴν ἐκκλησίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87; πρὸ τοῦ τὰ σώματα τὰς ὠδῖνας ἐπισχεῖν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53)]: generally, occupy, τὴν κρατίστην μοῖραν ἐ. hold the foremost place, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.1, compare 44.12; ὕλης ἐ. τάξιν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.27; τὴν γῆν κέντρου λόγον ἐπέχουσαν 3rd c.AD: Diogenes Laertius 7.155, compare “Placit.” 3. “Praef.”; τὸν τέλειον ἐ. λόγον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.160)]; δίκην ἐπέχειν ἡμᾶς φυτῶν we are like plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatr.” 6.18.)]
VI.2 absolutely, prevail, predominate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; σεισμοὶ ἐπέσχον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μέρος γῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]; πάντῃ ἐπεῖχε γαλήνη Timo [Refs 5th c.BC+ (63; [τῶν νεῶν] ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπεχουσῶν _being spread over... 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.50; τὴν [τύχην].., ἣ νῦν ἐπέχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253; ἐτησίων ἐπεχόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.5.6)].
VI.2.b of Time, continue, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ecclesiazusae” 317; ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιείς _continuously,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Theaetetus” 165e; ἐπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας ὁ σεισμὸς ἐπεῖχεν Dio Cassius Historicus [{2-3rd c.AD}] 68.25)]; σκότος, νὺξ ἐπέσχε, came on, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Mar.” 20, “Crass.” 30, etc.)]
VII middle, future ἐπιέξομαι, meet, Oracle texts in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Michel” 855.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.).)]
future ἐφέξω (see. infr. IV. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1, 2) and ἐπισχήσω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.88)]: aorist ἐπέσχον, imperative ἐπίσχες, infinitive ἐπισχεῖ; poetry [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπισχέθοι Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Septem contra Thebas” 453 (Lyric poetry), ἐπέσχεθον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1622)]: perfect [Refs (ἐπέσχηκα “Supp.epigram” 1.362.12)] (Samos, 4th c.BC):—have or hold upon, θρῆνυν.., τῷ κεν ἐπισχοίης (variant{ἐπίσχοιας}) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (λιπαροὺς πόδας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.241, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.410; ποτῷ κρωσσὸν ἐ.)] hold it to or for.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 13.46; λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες (i.e. κόσμῳ))] holding it out like a torch, [NT (NT.Phil.2.16:—)]middle, hold by, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (χειρός 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.751)].
II hold out to, present, offer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (οἶνον ἐπισχών 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.489; ἐπέσχε τε οἶνον ἐρυθρόν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.444; κοτύλην.. ἐπέσχε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.494)]; εἴ ποτέ τοι.. μαζὸν ἐπέσχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andr.” 225; also γάλακτι δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέσχον οὐδὲ μαστῷ τροφεῖα ματρός)] I offered not mother's food with my breast, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ion” 1492)]: with infinitive, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (πιεῖν ἐπέσχον Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Nubes” 1382)]: absolutely, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Pax” 1167:)] —middle, ἐπισχόμενος (i.e. τὴν κύλικα) ἐξέπιεν having put it to his lips, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 117c, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Stesichorus Lyricus 7, 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.472, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 37; ἐπὶ χείλεσι.. μαστὸν ἐπισχομένη 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 92)]; present a sum of money, τῇ πόλει [Refs (“Supp.epigram” [prev. cited])]
II.2 extend, spread out, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τὴν πλεκτάνην 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 550b6)].
II.3 simply, hold, [Refs (σκῆπτρα “IPE” 2.37 (from Panticapaeum))]; of writings, contain, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “VS” 2.24.2, compare 2.9.1.)]
II.4 enjoin, impose a task, with dative person, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Arc.” 17, “Vand.” 1.8.)]
III hold or direct towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἔπεχε τόξον σκοπῷ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.89; ἄλλῳ ἐπεῖχε τόξα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 984)]:— middle, absolutely, ἐπισχόμενος βάλεν ἰῷ having aimed at him he hit him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.15.)]
III.b intransitive, aim at, attack, τί μοι ὧδ᾽ ἐπέχει; why thus launch out against me? [Refs 8th c.BC+ (19.71; in tmesi, ἐπὶ αὐτῷ πάντες ἔχωμεν 22.75; ἀλλήλοις ἐ. {8-7th c.BC}: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 711; ἄνδρα ἐπέχοντα τῷ Πύρρῳ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pyrrhus” 16; ἐπέχειν ἐπί τινα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.59; τὰς ἐπὶ σφίσι ναῦς ἐπεχούσας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.105; πρός τι Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Antonius” 66)]: with dative, ἀκτῇσιν ἐπέσχεθον held straight for the beach, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1766: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ba.” 1131.)]
III.2 ἐπέχειν τὴν διάνοιαν ἐπί τινι direct one's mind to a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 926b; τῷ πολέμῳ τὴν γνώμην Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Aemilius Paulus” 8)], etc.; also ἐ. ἑαυτόν τινι attend to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “R.” 399b codices)]
III.2.b absolutely, ἐπέχειν (i.e. τὸν νοῦν) intend, purpose, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80, compare 153, 6.96:)] with dative _of things_, to be intent upon, ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, διαβάσει, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 490, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.43.2, etc.)]
III.3 stand facing, face in a line of battle, οὗτοι (i.e. οἱ Μῆδοι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπέσχον Κορινθίους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31)].
IV hold back, keep in check, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐπέσχε δὲ καλὰ ῥέεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.244; καὶ πῶς ἐπέσχε χεῖρα μαιμῶσαν φόνο; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 50)]; ἐπισχὼν ἡνίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 847; ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν [prev\. author] “Ph.” 881; ὀργάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1642; οὐκ ἐφέξετε στόμ; [prev\. author] “Hec.” 1283)]; χρησμοὺς ἐ. withhold them, [Refs ([prev\. author] “Ph.” 866; ἐπέχειν τινὰ τῷ ξύλῳ)] keep him down with the stick, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1121; τὸ εὐθέως ἐπιχειρεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33)]; confine, as the earth a corpse, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“AP” 7.461 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); ἐ. τῇ χειρὶ τὸ στόμα _cover,_ Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Cat.Mi.” 28; ἐπέχομεν τὴν ἐκπνοήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.172; τὰς διαχωρήσεις ἐ. [prev\. author] Vict. _Attic dialect_ 12)]:—middle, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐπισχόμενος τὰ ὦτα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Symposium” 216a)]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τοῦ βάθους ἐπεσχημένου 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 5.1.3)]; to be prevented, hindered, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (ὑπό τινος “PFreib.” 11.13 (4th c.AD))]; of the menses, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.184.)]
IV.b stay or adjourn proceedings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὰ πρὸς Ἀργείους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46)]; τὴν ζημίαν καὶ τὴν κατασκαφήν [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 63; τὴν δίαιταν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84)]; suspend payments, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 337.4 (2nd-3rd c.AD), compare “PGiss.” 48.11 (3rd c.AD).)]
IV.c [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐ. τινά τινος _stop, hinder from,?? 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 160, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lys.” 742, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87)]: with infinitive, σε μήτε νὺξ μήτε ἡμέρα ἐπισχέτω ὥστε ἀνεῖναι.. let them not stop thee so that thou neglect.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129; ἐ. τινὰ μὴ πράσσειν τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 517, “Ph.” 349; κλαυθμυρίζον τὸ βρέφος ἐπισχεῖν μὴ δυνάμεναι 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.88)]:—passive, μηδενὸς ἐπεχομένου no objection being taken, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PTeb. 327.37 (2nd c.AD).)]
IV.d impersonal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (ἐπέχει _there is a hindrance,?? 2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracle texts” 97.3)].
IV.2 absolutely, stay, pause, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Ἀντίνοος δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐπεῖχε 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.186)]; refrain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5.51, 7.139; εἰ δ᾽ ἐφέξετον)] if you tarry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” 1369, etc.: followed by a _conjunction_, especially in _imperative_, ἐπίσχες ἢν..)] wait and see whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 397; ἐπίσχες ἔστ᾽ ἂν.. προσμάθῃς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 697; ἐ. ἕως.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.1; μέχρι τοσούτου ἔως.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90)]; ἐπίσχες, absolutely, hold! stop! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ch.” 896, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OC” 856, etc.; ἐπίσχετε, μηδὲ συρίξητε 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 2.6D.; ἐπίσχετον, μάθωμεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 539, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 567)]; in participle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐπισχὼν ὀλίγον χρόνον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.132)], +others; τὸ ἐπισχεῖν, opposed to τὸ παραχρῆμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.73; οὐ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπισχὼν ἧκεν)] came after a short interval, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phd.” 59e; μικρὸν ἐπισχόντα διεφθείροντο)] they very shortly died, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “HP” 4.4.13, cf. Diocl.fragment 43; in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.81 οὐκ ἐπέσχον τὸ στρατόπεδον καταλαβεῖν)] did not halt for the purpose of occupying a camp (unless it, = 'had no intention of occupying').
IV.2.b with genitive of things, stop or cease from, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐπίσχες τοῦ δρόμου Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Aves” 1200; τῆς πορείας Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.12; τούτου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.31; also ἐ. περί τινος [prev\. author] 5.32, compare 8.5)]: so with infinitive, leave off, cease to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Mem.” 3.6.10)]: with participle, cease doing, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἀναλῶν οὐκ ἐφέξεις Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 915 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ph.” 449.)]
IV.2.c as technical term of the Sceptics, suspend judgement, doubt, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.387, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “P.” 1.196; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀδήλοις Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.955c; <πρὸς> τὰ ἄδηλα 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.7.5)].
IV.3 middle, maintain reserve, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (ἐπείχετο [ἡ σύγκλητος] κατὰ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.19.17)] (assuming variant).
V reach or extend over a space, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐπτὰ δ᾽ ἐπέσχε πέλεθρα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.407)]; ὁπόσσον ἐπέσχε πυρὸς μένος so far as the fire reached, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (23.238, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.19, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] “Aër.” 5, etc.: aorist middle, ἐπέσχετο he lay outstretched, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Th.” 177; βούβρωστις ἐπέσχετο κόσμον _prevailed over..,?? epigram Gr. 793.5 (from Apollonia); ἀφορία ἐ. τὸν βίον 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 44.1)].
VI have power over, occupy a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (οἱ Σκύθαι τὴν Ἀσίην πᾶσαν ἐπέσχον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.104, compare 108, 8.32, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.101, 7.62)], etc.; of things, ἐπ᾽ ὀκτὼ μῆνας Κυρηναίους ὀπώρη ἐ. occupies or engages them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.199; τὴν πόλιν ἐπεῖχε κλαυθμός Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Otho” 17)]; ὧν τὰς χρόας τὸ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἡμερινὸν φῶς ἐ. _overspreads,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 508c: κραυγῆς ἐπεχούσης τὴν ἐκκλησίαν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.87; πρὸ τοῦ τὰ σώματα τὰς ὠδῖνας ἐπισχεῖν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.53)]: generally, occupy, τὴν κρατίστην μοῖραν ἐ. hold the foremost place, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 9.1, compare 44.12; ὕλης ἐ. τάξιν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.27; τὴν γῆν κέντρου λόγον ἐπέχουσαν 3rd c.AD: Diogenes Laertius 7.155, compare “Placit.” 3. “Praef.”; τὸν τέλειον ἐ. λόγον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.160)]; δίκην ἐπέχειν ἡμᾶς φυτῶν we are like plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Meno Medicus “Iatr.” 6.18.)]
VI.2 absolutely, prevail, predominate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἢν μὴ λαμπρὸς ἄνεμος ἐπέχῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; σεισμοὶ ἐπέσχον ἐπὶ πλεῖστον μέρος γῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.23)]; πάντῃ ἐπεῖχε γαλήνη Timo [Refs 5th c.BC+ (63; [τῶν νεῶν] ἐπὶ πολὺ τῆς θαλάσσης ἐπεχουσῶν _being spread over... 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.50; τὴν [τύχην].., ἣ νῦν ἐπέχει 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253; ἐτησίων ἐπεχόντων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.5.6)].
VI.2.b of Time, continue, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τὴν θύραν ἐπεῖχε κρούων Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Ecclesiazusae” 317; ἐπέχων καὶ οὐκ ἀνιείς _continuously,_ Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Theaetetus” 165e; ἐπὶ πλείους ἡμέρας ὁ σεισμὸς ἐπεῖχεν Dio Cassius Historicus [{2-3rd c.AD}] 68.25)]; σκότος, νὺξ ἐπέσχε, came on, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Mar.” 20, “Crass.” 30, etc.)]
VII middle, future ἐπιέξομαι, meet, Oracle texts in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Michel” 855.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae.).)]