Strong G2697κατάσχεσις
possession
- Transliteration
- kataschesis
- Pronunciation
- kat-as'-khes-is
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2722; a holding down that is occupancy: - possession.
Detailed definition
κατά-σχεσις, -εως, ἡ
(κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ]
1. a holding back.
2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.†
(AS)
(κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ]
1. a holding back.
2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2697 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- possession2
First verses
- Acts 7:5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Acts 7:45Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατά-σχεσις, εως, ἡ,
holding back, restraining, retention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πνεύματος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.64)].
II possession, [LXX+NT (LXX.Lev.25.25, LXX.Zec.11.14, +others, NT.Acts.7.5.)]
III relation, attitude, [Refs (κ. φιλικὴ πρὸς τῶν πέλας “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.24)].
holding back, restraining, retention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (πνεύματος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 2.64)].
II possession, [LXX+NT (LXX.Lev.25.25, LXX.Zec.11.14, +others, NT.Acts.7.5.)]
III relation, attitude, [Refs (κ. φιλικὴ πρὸς τῶν πέλας “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.24)].