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Strong's G2722 κατέχω (katecho)

Katecho means “have” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2722 — choreb (“Horeb”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2722
Language Greek
Linked Usages 68
Books 37

Strong's G2722 Quick Answer

Strong's G2722 κατέχω (katecho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katecho (kat-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold down (hold fast), in various applications {literally or figuratively} It has 68 linked Bible usages across 37 books. Visible English usage signals include hold, let, keep, have, and down. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katecho (kat-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold down (hold fast), in various applications {literally or figuratively}
Usage
68 linked usages
Books
37 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
hold, let, keep, have, and down

Meaning and Definition

katecho (kat-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold down (hold fast), in various applications {literally or figuratively} [from G2596 and G2192] KJV: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold Root(s): G2596, G2192

Original Word
κατέχω
Transliteration
katecho
Derivation
Root: ἔχω R1: 2596 R2: 2192
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2722. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to hold back/fast

Usage: κατ-έχω [in LXX for אָחַז, חָזַק hi., etc. ;] __1. perfective of ἔχω (M, Pr., 116; M, Th., 155), __(a) to possess, hold fast: Luk.8:15, Jhn.5:4, Rom.1:18 (Lft., Notes, 251), 1Co.7:30 11:2, 2Co.6:10, 1Th.5:21, Heb.3:6, 14 10:23; __(b) to lay hold of, get possession of: Luk.14:9. __2. to hold back, detain, restrain (M, Th., 156 f.): with accusative before τοῦ μή with inf., Luk.4:42; before πρός, with accusative, Phm 13; absol., τὸ κατέχον (ὁ κ.), 2Th.2:6-7. __3.

Intrans., as nautical term, to put in, make for (LS, see word): Act.27:40.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2722 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render katecho, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

hold Romans 1:18 have 1 Corinthians 15:2 keep Luke 8:15 let Matthew 21:38 down John 5:4

How Strong's G2722 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2722 (κατέχω) appears 52 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2722 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2722 in the New Testament

19 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 21:38 KJV

But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

Luke 4:42 KJV

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

Luke 8:15 KJV

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Strong's G2722 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 22:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son.

Genesis 24:56 Septuagint / Brenton

But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.

Genesis 39:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king’s prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

Strong's G2722 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:19 Septuagint / Brenton

But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.

Tobit 10:2 Septuagint / Brenton

then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money?

1 Maccabees 6:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.

Usage Excerpts

First 68 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2722.

Genesis 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son.
Genesis 24:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master.
Genesis 39:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king’s prisoners are kept, there in the prison.
Genesis 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
Exodus 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
Joshua 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go into the midst of the camp of the people, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions; for yet three days and ye shall go over this Jordan, entering in to take possession of the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives to you.
Judges 13:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.
Judges 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
Judges 19:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
Ruth 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.
2 Kingdoms 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life is in me.
2 Kingdoms 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abner said to him, Turn thou to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armor: but Asahel would not turn back from following him.
2 Kingdoms 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Ziklag, to whom I ought, as he thought, to have given a reward for his tidings.
2 Kingdoms 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they come as far as the threshing floor of Nacon: and Uzzah reached forth his hand to the ark of God to keep it steady, and took hold of it; for the ox shook it out of its place.
3 Kingdoms 1:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
3 Kingdoms 2:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the report came to Joab son of Zeruiah; for Joab had turned after Adonijah, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
3 Kingdoms 2:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told Solomon, saying, Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and lo! he has hold of the horns of the altar. And King Solomon sent to Joab, saying, What ails thee, that thou hast fled to the altar? and Joab said, Because I was afraid of thee, and fled for refuge to the Lord. And Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, Go and slay him, and bury him.
4 Kingdoms 12:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the masons, and to the hewers of stone, to purchase timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, for all that was spent on the house of the Lord to repair it.
1 Chronicles 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came as far as the threshing floor: and Uzzah put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it from its place.
2 Chronicles 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in Mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
Nehemiah 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Nehemiah 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD.
Job 15:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: He shall fall as a captain in the first rank.
Job 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it.
Job 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these things shall the righteous gain, And the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
Job 34:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For if he would confine, And restrain his spirit with himself;
Psalms 68:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seed of his servants shall possess it, And they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Psalms 72:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always: They have possessed wealth.
Psalms 118:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Despair took hold upon me, Because of the sinners who forsake thy law.
Psalms 138:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even there thy hand would guide me, And thy right hand would hold me.
Proverbs 18:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that has found a good wife has found favors, And has received gladness from God. And he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.
Proverbs 19:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; And the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
Song of Solomon 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They all hold a sword, Being expert in war: Every man has his sword upon his thigh Because of fear by night.
Isaiah 40:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched it out as a tent to dwell in:
Jeremiah 6:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What wilt thou say when they shall visit thee, for thou didst teach them lessons for rule against thyself; shall not pangs seize thee as a woman in travail?
Jeremiah 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, and him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
Jeremiah 37:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Inquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and look for safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; their faces are turned to paleness.
Ezekiel 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate places on the land of Israel say, Abraham was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession.
Daniel 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess it forever and ever.
Daniel 7:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Ancient of days came, and he gave judgment to the saints of the Most High; and the time came on, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
Matthew 21:38 New Testament, KJV
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Luke 4:42 New Testament, KJV
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
Luke 8:15 New Testament, KJV
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 14:9 New Testament, KJV
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
John 5:4 New Testament, KJV
For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Acts 27:40 New Testament, KJV
And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
Romans 1:18 New Testament, KJV
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Romans 7:6 New Testament, KJV
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
1 Corinthians 7:30 New Testament, KJV
And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
1 Corinthians 11:2 New Testament, KJV
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
1 Corinthians 15:2 New Testament, KJV
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
2 Corinthians 6:10 New Testament, KJV
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
2 Thessalonians 2:6 New Testament, KJV
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2 Thessalonians 2:7 New Testament, KJV
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
Philemon 1:13 New Testament, KJV
Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Hebrews 3:6 New Testament, KJV
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Hebrews 3:14 New Testament, KJV
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews 10:23 New Testament, KJV
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Judith 5:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
Tobit 10:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money?
1 Maccabees 6:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
2 Maccabees 1:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemiah commanded the water that was left to be poured on the great stones.
2 Maccabees 15:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
3 Maccabees 5:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: But noises as of waters falling down sounded about them, And sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
Wisdom of Sirach 46:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, Which remained with him unto his old age: So that he entered upon the high places of the land, And his seed obtained it for a heritage:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2722, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 2 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 3 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Philemon 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 3 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2722 FAQ

What does katecho (κατέχω) mean?

Katecho (Strong's G2722) is a Greek word most simply glossed "have". katecho (kat-ekh'-o) v. 1. to hold down (hold fast), in various applications {literally or figuratively}

How many times is katecho (κατέχω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 68 linked usages for Strong's G2722 across 37 books.

Where can I study katecho (κατέχω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2722 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katecho (κατέχω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hold, let, keep, have, and down. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2722 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 41 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2722, with linked reader references where each row is available.