Strong G2902κρατέω
to grasp/seize
- Transliteration
- krateō
- Pronunciation
- krat-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2904; to use strength that is seize or retain (literally or figuratively): - hold (by fast) keep lay hand (hold) on obtain retain take (by).
Detailed definition
κρατέω, -ῶ
(κράτος), [in LXX chiefly for חָזַק hi., also for אָחַז, etc.;]
1. to be strong, mighty, hence, to rule, be master, prevail (so chiefly in cl.; in LXX: Est.1:1, I Est.4:38, Wis.14:19, al.).
2. to get possession of, obtain, take hold of (Hdt., Thuc., al.): with genitive of thing(s) (M, Pr., 65), Act.27:13; τ. χειρός, Mat.9:25, Mrk.1:31 5:41 9:27, Luk.8:54; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:11; with accusative of person(s), Mat.14:3 18:28 21:46 22:6 26:4, 48 ff., Mrk.3:21 6:17 12:12 14:1, 44 ff, Act.3:11 24:6, Rev.20:2 (cf. 2Ki.6:6).
3. to hold, hold fast (Æsch., Polyb., al.): with accusative of thing(s), ἐν τ. δεξιᾷ, Rev.2:1. Metaphorical: with accusative of person(s), pass., Act.2:24; with accusative of thing(s), Rev.2:13, 25 3:11; τ. κεφαλήν (i.e. Christ), Col.2:19; τ. παράδοσιν (-εις), λόγον, διδαχήν, Mrk.7:3-4, 8 9:10, 2Th.2:15, Rev.2:14-15; with genitive of thing(s), Heb.4:14 6:18; of sins, to retain, Jhn.20:23; of restraint, before ἵνα μή, Rev.7:1; pass., before τοῦ μή, Luk.24:16.†
(AS)
(κράτος), [in LXX chiefly for חָזַק hi., also for אָחַז, etc.;]
1. to be strong, mighty, hence, to rule, be master, prevail (so chiefly in cl.; in LXX: Est.1:1, I Est.4:38, Wis.14:19, al.).
2. to get possession of, obtain, take hold of (Hdt., Thuc., al.): with genitive of thing(s) (M, Pr., 65), Act.27:13; τ. χειρός, Mat.9:25, Mrk.1:31 5:41 9:27, Luk.8:54; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.12:11; with accusative of person(s), Mat.14:3 18:28 21:46 22:6 26:4, 48 ff., Mrk.3:21 6:17 12:12 14:1, 44 ff, Act.3:11 24:6, Rev.20:2 (cf. 2Ki.6:6).
3. to hold, hold fast (Æsch., Polyb., al.): with accusative of thing(s), ἐν τ. δεξιᾷ, Rev.2:1. Metaphorical: with accusative of person(s), pass., Act.2:24; with accusative of thing(s), Rev.2:13, 25 3:11; τ. κεφαλήν (i.e. Christ), Col.2:19; τ. παράδοσιν (-εις), λόγον, διδαχήν, Mrk.7:3-4, 8 9:10, 2Th.2:15, Rev.2:14-15; with genitive of thing(s), Heb.4:14 6:18; of sins, to retain, Jhn.20:23; of restraint, before ἵνα μή, Rev.7:1; pass., before τοῦ μή, Luk.24:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2902 appears in 46 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hold24
- take13
- fast2
- lay2
- holden1
- holdeth1
- keep1
- lie1
- man1
- obtain1
- retain1
- should1
First verses
- Matthew 9:25But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.
- Matthew 12:11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Matthew 14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
- Matthew 18:28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
- Matthew 21:46But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
- Matthew 22:6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
- Matthew 26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- Matthew 26:48Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
- Matthew 26:50And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- Matthew 26:57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
- Matthew 28:9And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
- Mark 1:31And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
- Mark 3:21And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
- Mark 5:41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
- Mark 6:17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
- Mark 7:3For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
- Mark 7:4And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
- Mark 7:8For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
- Mark 9:10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κρᾰτ-έω,
Aeolic dialect κρετέω, aorist infinitive κρέτησαι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 9.5:)] — middle, aorist ἐπι-κρατησάμενοι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (variant in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.13)]:—passive, future κρατήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.501 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)] and, with variant{κρατηθήσομαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9)]:—to be strong, powerful: hence,
I absolutely, rule, hold sway, Ἤλιδα.., ὅθι κρατέουσιν Ἐπειοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.275, 15.298)]; μέγα κρατέων ἤνασσε with mighty sway.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.172; ἅπας δὲ τραχύς, ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35)]; ὁ κρατῶν the ruler, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 951, 1664, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 738, etc.; θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937; οἱ κρατοῦντες [prev. author] “Ch.” 267, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 530, etc.; τὸ κρατοῦν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 133 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 714c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a15)]; ἡ κρατοῦσα the lady of the house [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 734.)]
I.2 in Poets, with dative, rule among, μέγα κρατέεις νεκύεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.485; ἀνδράσι καὶ θεοῖσι 16.265)]; Φθίᾳ rule in Phthia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.50; ἐν Ἰλιάδι χθονί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 4.)]
I.3 with genitive, to be lord or master of, rule over, πάντων Ἀργείων, πάντων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79, 288, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.274; Ὀλύμπου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 149 (Lyric poetry); δωμάτων [prev. author] “Ag.” 1673; ὅπλων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1337)]; κ. τοῦ βίου to be master of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137; αὑτοῦ κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1099, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.26, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 405; ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196c, etc.; τῶν πραγμάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.27)]; τοῦ μὴ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις κρατῆσαι to be above obedience.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.6.)]
II conquer, prevail, get the upper hand, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 324, etc.; πολλῷ ἐκράτησαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77; εἰ τὰ τοῦ Μήδου κρατήσειε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62; ὁ μὴ πειθόμενος κρατεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 272b; ἔνθα τἀναιδὲς κρατεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 111: with _dative_ modοκυντ- 55.9, +others, 3rd c.BC))]; πλοῖα; πάλᾳ, ἱπποδρομίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.20, “I.” 3.13; μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 612; ταῖς ναυσί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 648; τῷ Φοινίκων ναυτικῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.16; also θουρίῳ ἐν Ἄρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 614 (Lyric poetry); ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 184: c._accusative_ _cognate_, κ. στάδιον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.15, compare 7; ὀκτὼ νίκας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Epigrammata - PLG” 1; τὸν ἀγῶνα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18)]; τὴν μάχην variant for{τῇ μάχῃ} in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.30; τὴν πρεσβείαν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.6)]; πάντα in all things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1522)]; οἱ κρατοῦντες the conquerors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.26; τὰ κατὰ πόλεμον κρατούμενα τῶν κρατούντων εἶναί φασιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a7.)]
II.b to be superior, πλήθους ἕκατι ναυσὶν κρατῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 338)]: absolutely, to be the best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II.c of reports, etc., prevail, become current, φάτις κρατεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 293, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 978; λόγος κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 738; νόμιμα δὲ τὰ Χαλκιδικὰ ἐκράτησεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; κρατεῖ ἡ φήμη παρά τισι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.26.11.)]
II.2 c.infinitive, prevail so that, κ. τῷ πλήθει ὥστε μὴ αὐτίκα τὰς πύλας ἀνοίγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104: _impersonal_, κατθανεῖν κρατεῖ)] 'tis better to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1364; κρατεῖ μὴ γιγνώσκοντ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 248 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 c.genitive, conquer, prevail over, τῶν ἐναντίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 85, compare “OC” 646, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 955 (Lyric poetry), etc.; κ. τινὸς τὸν ἀγῶνα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 2.5: _metaphorically_, τό τοι νομισθὲν τῆς ἀληθείας κρατεῖ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 86)]; κ. τῆς διαβολῆς get the better of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.53)]; ὁ λόγος τοῦ ἔργου ἐκράτει surpassed, went beyond it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69)]; ἡ φύσις.. τῶν διδαγμάτων κρατεῖ is better than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 213, compare 169.)]
II.3.b of food, digest, assimilate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3, 14, Mnesith. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.54b, Phylotim.[prev. work] 3.79c)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.5.15; τῆς τροφῆς μὴ κρατηθείσης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.654b.)]
II.4 c.accusative, conquer, master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.25, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 215, “Th.” 189, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 490, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1346, “Av.” 420, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.32, etc.)]; μάχῃ, τῷ πολέμῳ τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.30; τῷ λόγῳ τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 539)]; πάχει μάκει τε in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.245)]; outdo, τοὺς φίλους εὖ ποιῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.15; τῷ διαφθαρῆναι χρήμασιν ἢ μὴ κεκράτηκα Φίλιππον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.247)]; surpass, κρατεῖ δὲ ὁ τῆς ἡδονῆς [βίος] τὸν τῆς φρονήσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 12a)]:—passive, to be overcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 750 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ὕπνῳ [prev. author] “Eu.” 148 (Lyric poetry); ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ᾽; ὑπὸ τῶν ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 633e.)]
III become master of, get possession of, τῆς ἀρχῆς, τῶν νεκρῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92, 4.111; πολλὰ φρονέοντα μηδενὸς κ. [prev. author] 9.16; σέθεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 387; οὔπω ἡ βουλή σου ἐκράτει 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.26; κ. τῆς γῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.6; ναυσὶ τῆς θαλάσσης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 240a)]; κ. τῆς λέξεως have it at command, remember it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.275b)]; master by the intellect, πάντων τῶν τῆς ἱστορίας μερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.20.2)]:—passive, to be mastered, δεῖ ἐν ταῖς τέχναις καὶ ἐπιστήμαις ταῦτα κρατεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331b38, compare “Po.” 1456a10 (probably to be read instead of κροτεῖσθαι).)]
IV lay hold of, τῆς χειρός [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.19.16, NT.Matt.9.25, NT.Mark.9.27.)]
IV.2 c.accusative of things, seize, win and keep, especiallyby force, πᾶσαν αἶαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 255; θρόνους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1381)]; seize, hold fast, arrest, τινα [NT+2nd c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 63, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.18.8, NT.Matt.14.3; τένοντα Batrachomyomachia 233; τὰς χεῖράς τινος “PLips.” 40iii2 (4th-5th c.AD))]; secure, grasp, τὴν ἀκατονόμαστον Τριάσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.230 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
IV.3 hold up, support, τινα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.38)]; maintain a military post, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.7)]; hold fast, τὰς παραδόσεις [NT (NT.2Thes.2.15)]; keep, retain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 61 (b).229 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. τοῦ θανάτου) [NT (NT.Act.2.24)]; ἡ κτῆσις τοῖς τέκνοις κεκράτηται has been reserved for, settled upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 36 (2nd c.AD).)]
IV.4 in Law, possess a title to, κ. καὶ κυριεύειν c.genitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 319.19 (3rd c.AD), etclass=bibl [prev. author] “Pl.” 536)]: absolutely, tumult, uproar, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 880:_passive_, Egypt, 1st c.AD), “BGU” 742 iii 6 (_passive_, 2nd c.AD).)]
IV.5 hold in the hand, ὁ κρατῶν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀδτέρας ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rev.2.1; πόαν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.93; ἄρτον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99d; σκῆπτρον 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.289c, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 44, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.6)], etc.; δακτύλιον [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PMag.Lond” 46.451(4th c.AD).)]
IV.6 endure, put up with, τὸν ἀργυροπράτην [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1844 (6th c.AD).)]
V control, command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 10, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 282:)] —passive, αἰσχρὰ τῷ νόμῳ κρατούμενα controlled by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 755; κρατεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ προβουλεύματος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.52; διαθέσει 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 27.)]
VI repair, make good, τὸ βεδὲκ (Hebrew) τοῦ οἴκου [LXX (LXX.2Ki.12.5.)]
Aeolic dialect κρετέω, aorist infinitive κρέτησαι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 9.5:)] — middle, aorist ἐπι-κρατησάμενοι[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (variant in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.13)]:—passive, future κρατήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.501 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)] and, with variant{κρατηθήσομαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.9)]:—to be strong, powerful: hence,
I absolutely, rule, hold sway, Ἤλιδα.., ὅθι κρατέουσιν Ἐπειοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.275, 15.298)]; μέγα κρατέων ἤνασσε with mighty sway.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.172; ἅπας δὲ τραχύς, ὅστις ἂν νέον κρατῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 35)]; ὁ κρατῶν the ruler, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 951, 1664, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 738, etc.; θῶπτε τὸν κρατοῦντ᾽ ἀεί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937; οἱ κρατοῦντες [prev. author] “Ch.” 267, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 530, etc.; τὸ κρατοῦν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 133 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 714c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a15)]; ἡ κρατοῦσα the lady of the house [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 734.)]
I.2 in Poets, with dative, rule among, μέγα κρατέεις νεκύεσσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.485; ἀνδράσι καὶ θεοῖσι 16.265)]; Φθίᾳ rule in Phthia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.50; ἐν Ἰλιάδι χθονί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 4.)]
I.3 with genitive, to be lord or master of, rule over, πάντων Ἀργείων, πάντων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.79, 288, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.274; Ὀλύμπου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 149 (Lyric poetry); δωμάτων [prev. author] “Ag.” 1673; ὅπλων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1337)]; κ. τοῦ βίου to be master of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.137; αὑτοῦ κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1099, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.26, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 405; ἡδονῶν καὶ ἐπιθυμιῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 196c, etc.; τῶν πραγμάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.27)]; τοῦ μὴ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις κρατῆσαι to be above obedience.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.6.)]
II conquer, prevail, get the upper hand, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 324, etc.; πολλῷ ἐκράτησαν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.77; εἰ τὰ τοῦ Μήδου κρατήσειε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62; ὁ μὴ πειθόμενος κρατεῖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 272b; ἔνθα τἀναιδὲς κρατεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 111: with _dative_ modοκυντ- 55.9, +others, 3rd c.BC))]; πλοῖα; πάλᾳ, ἱπποδρομίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.20, “I.” 3.13; μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 612; ταῖς ναυσί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 648; τῷ Φοινίκων ναυτικῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.16; also θουρίῳ ἐν Ἄρει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 614 (Lyric poetry); ἐν τοῖς πολέμοις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 184: c._accusative_ _cognate_, κ. στάδιον 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 6.15, compare 7; ὀκτὼ νίκας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Epigrammata - PLG” 1; τὸν ἀγῶνα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.18)]; τὴν μάχην variant for{τῇ μάχῃ} in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.30; τὴν πρεσβείαν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.21.6)]; πάντα in all things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1522)]; οἱ κρατοῦντες the conquerors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.26; τὰ κατὰ πόλεμον κρατούμενα τῶν κρατούντων εἶναί φασιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1255a7.)]
II.b to be superior, πλήθους ἕκατι ναυσὶν κρατῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 338)]: absolutely, to be the best, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 2.7 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]
II.c of reports, etc., prevail, become current, φάτις κρατεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 293, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 978; λόγος κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 738; νόμιμα δὲ τὰ Χαλκιδικὰ ἐκράτησεν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.5; κρατεῖ ἡ φήμη παρά τισι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.26.11.)]
II.2 c.infinitive, prevail so that, κ. τῷ πλήθει ὥστε μὴ αὐτίκα τὰς πύλας ἀνοίγεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.104: _impersonal_, κατθανεῖν κρατεῖ)] 'tis better to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1364; κρατεῖ μὴ γιγνώσκοντ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 248 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.3 c.genitive, conquer, prevail over, τῶν ἐναντίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 85, compare “OC” 646, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 955 (Lyric poetry), etc.; κ. τινὸς τὸν ἀγῶνα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 2.5: _metaphorically_, τό τοι νομισθὲν τῆς ἀληθείας κρατεῖ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 86)]; κ. τῆς διαβολῆς get the better of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.53)]; ὁ λόγος τοῦ ἔργου ἐκράτει surpassed, went beyond it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69)]; ἡ φύσις.. τῶν διδαγμάτων κρατεῖ is better than.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 213, compare 169.)]
II.3.b of food, digest, assimilate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 3, 14, Mnesith. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.54b, Phylotim.[prev. work] 3.79c)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.5.15; τῆς τροφῆς μὴ κρατηθείσης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.654b.)]
II.4 c.accusative, conquer, master, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.25, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 215, “Th.” 189, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 490, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1346, “Av.” 420, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.6.32, etc.)]; μάχῃ, τῷ πολέμῳ τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.30; τῷ λόγῳ τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 539)]; πάχει μάκει τε in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.245)]; outdo, τοὺς φίλους εὖ ποιῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.15; τῷ διαφθαρῆναι χρήμασιν ἢ μὴ κεκράτηκα Φίλιππον 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.247)]; surpass, κρατεῖ δὲ ὁ τῆς ἡδονῆς [βίος] τὸν τῆς φρονήσεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 12a)]:—passive, to be overcome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 750 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ὕπνῳ [prev. author] “Eu.” 148 (Lyric poetry); ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. δ᾽; ὑπὸ τῶν ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 633e.)]
III become master of, get possession of, τῆς ἀρχῆς, τῶν νεκρῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.92, 4.111; πολλὰ φρονέοντα μηδενὸς κ. [prev. author] 9.16; σέθεν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 387; οὔπω ἡ βουλή σου ἐκράτει 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.26; κ. τῆς γῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.6; ναυσὶ τῆς θαλάσσης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 240a)]; κ. τῆς λέξεως have it at command, remember it, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.275b)]; master by the intellect, πάντων τῶν τῆς ἱστορίας μερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.20.2)]:—passive, to be mastered, δεῖ ἐν ταῖς τέχναις καὶ ἐπιστήμαις ταῦτα κρατεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1331b38, compare “Po.” 1456a10 (probably to be read instead of κροτεῖσθαι).)]
IV lay hold of, τῆς χειρός [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.19.16, NT.Matt.9.25, NT.Mark.9.27.)]
IV.2 c.accusative of things, seize, win and keep, especiallyby force, πᾶσαν αἶαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 255; θρόνους 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1381)]; seize, hold fast, arrest, τινα [NT+2nd c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 63, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.18.8, NT.Matt.14.3; τένοντα Batrachomyomachia 233; τὰς χεῖράς τινος “PLips.” 40iii2 (4th-5th c.AD))]; secure, grasp, τὴν ἀκατονόμαστον Τριάσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Zos.Alch. p.230 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
IV.3 hold up, support, τινα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.38)]; maintain a military post, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.7)]; hold fast, τὰς παραδόσεις [NT (NT.2Thes.2.15)]; keep, retain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 61 (b).229 (2nd c.BC))]:—passive, οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ (i.e. τοῦ θανάτου) [NT (NT.Act.2.24)]; ἡ κτῆσις τοῖς τέκνοις κεκράτηται has been reserved for, settled upon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 237 viii 36 (2nd c.AD).)]
IV.4 in Law, possess a title to, κ. καὶ κυριεύειν c.genitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PTeb.” 319.19 (3rd c.AD), etclass=bibl [prev. author] “Pl.” 536)]: absolutely, tumult, uproar, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 880:_passive_, Egypt, 1st c.AD), “BGU” 742 iii 6 (_passive_, 2nd c.AD).)]
IV.5 hold in the hand, ὁ κρατῶν τοὺς ἑπτὰ ἀδτέρας ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Rev.2.1; πόαν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.93; ἄρτον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99d; σκῆπτρον 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.289c, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 44, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 1.6)], etc.; δακτύλιον [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PMag.Lond” 46.451(4th c.AD).)]
IV.6 endure, put up with, τὸν ἀργυροπράτην [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1844 (6th c.AD).)]
V control, command, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 10, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 282:)] —passive, αἰσχρὰ τῷ νόμῳ κρατούμενα controlled by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 755; κρατεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ προβουλεύματος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.52; διαθέσει 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 27.)]
VI repair, make good, τὸ βεδὲκ (Hebrew) τοῦ οἴκου [LXX (LXX.2Ki.12.5.)]