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Strong's G472 ἀντέχομαι (antechomai)

Antechomai means “hold fast” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H472 — elisheba in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G472
Language Greek
Linked Usages 45
Books 23

Strong's G472 Quick Answer

Strong's G472 ἀντέχομαι (antechomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. antechomai (an-tekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to hold oneself opposite to 2. (by implication) adhere to It has 45 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include hold, support, and holding. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
antechomai (an-tekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to hold oneself opposite to 2. (by implication) adhere to
Usage
45 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
hold, support, and holding

Meaning and Definition

antechomai (an-tekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to hold oneself opposite to 2. (by implication) adhere to 3. (by extension) to care for [from G473 and the middle voice of G2192] KJV: hold fast, hold to, support Root(s): G473, G2192

Original Word
ἀντέχομαι
Transliteration
antechomai
Derivation
Root: ἔχω R1: 473 R2: 2192
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G472. 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 cling to

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G472 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render antechomai, 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 Matthew 6:24 Holding Titus 1:9 support 1 Thessalonians 5:14

How Strong's G472 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 33 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 G472 (ἀντέχομαι) appears 41 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G472 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 G472 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:24 KJV

No 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 16:13 KJV

No 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 5:14 KJV

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

Strong's G472 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

33 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 44:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?

Numbers 32:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onward, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.

Deuteronomy 12:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.

Strong's G472 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 15:34 Septuagint / Brenton

Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers.

2 Maccabees 11:5 Septuagint / Brenton

So he came to Judea, and drew near to Beth-zur, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.

4 Maccabees 1:34 Septuagint / Brenton

Hence it is, then, that when lusting after water animals and birds, and four-footed beasts, and all kinds of food which are forbidden us by the law, we withhold ourselves through the mastery of reasoning.

Usage Excerpts

First 45 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G472.

Genesis 44:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?
Numbers 32:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onward, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward.
Deuteronomy 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the place be far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock which God shall have given thee, even as I commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy cities according to the desire of thy soul.
Deuteronomy 18:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in the name of the Lord, and they shall not come true, and not come to pass, this is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; that prophet has spoken wickedly: ye shall not spare him.
Deuteronomy 32:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, And my hand shall take hold of judgment; And I will render judgment to my enemies, And will recompense them that hate me.
1 Kingdoms 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.
Nehemiah 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Job 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; And that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, Abstaining from everything evil.
Job 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, That there is none like him on the earth, A man blameless, true, godly, Abstaining from everything evil?
Job 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to the devil, Hast thou then observed my servant Job, That there is none of men upon the earth like him, A harmless, true, blameless, godly man, Abstaining from all evil? And he yet cleaves to innocence, Whereas thou hast told me to destroy his substance without cause?
Job 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Withhold thine hand from me: And let not thy fear terrify me.
Job 33:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will support him, that he should not perish, And will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; And he will fill his bones with marrow.
Proverbs 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Proverbs 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.
Proverbs 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: Love it, and it shall keep thee.
Proverbs 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
Proverbs 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Refrain not from chastening a child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Ecclesiastes 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is well for thee to hold fast by this; Also by this defile not thy hand: For to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.
Isaiah 48:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared;
Isaiah 54:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and thou shalt not fear; and trembling shall not come nigh thee.
Isaiah 56:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is the man that does these things, and the man that holds by them, and keeps the Sabbaths from profaning them, and keeps his hands from doing unrighteousness.
Isaiah 56:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, as many as shall keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things which I take pleasure in, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah 56:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will give it to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and as for all that keep my Sabbaths from profaning them, and that take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah 57:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When thou criest out, let them deliver thee in thine affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry them away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
Jeremiah 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not.
Jeremiah 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
so that it is evil with you; yet have ye come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and ye have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations.
Jeremiah 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshiped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth,
Jeremiah 51:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers.
Ezekiel 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to those near thee, and to those far distant from thee; and they shall mock thee, thou that art notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities.
Daniel 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I will tell thee that which is ordained in the Scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince.
Joel 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloth, ye that minister to God: for the meat offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them into captivity to a far distant nation: for the Lord has spoken it.
Zephaniah 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.
Matthew 6:24 New Testament, KJV
No 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 16:13 New Testament, KJV
No 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 5:14 New Testament, KJV
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
Titus 1:9 New Testament, KJV
Holding 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.
1 Maccabees 15:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers.
2 Maccabees 11:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he came to Judea, and drew near to Beth-zur, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.
4 Maccabees 1:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Hence it is, then, that when lusting after water animals and birds, and four-footed beasts, and all kinds of food which are forbidden us by the law, we withhold ourselves through the mastery of reasoning.
4 Maccabees 7:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Not so has ever a city, when besieged, held out against many and various machines, as did that holy man, when his pious soul was tried with the fiery trial of tortures and rackings, move his besiegers through the religious reasoning that shielded him.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: He abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: He pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, And maketh his boast that God is his father.
Wisdom of Sirach 1:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward joy shall spring up unto him.
Wisdom of Sirach 9:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill: So shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: And if thou come unto him, make no fault, Lest he take away thy life presently: Remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, And that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
Wisdom of Sirach 28:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: For a furious man will kindle strife.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G472, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G472 FAQ

What does antechomai (ἀντέχομαι) mean?

Antechomai (Strong's G472) is a Greek word most simply glossed "hold fast". antechomai (an-tekh'-om-ai) v. 1. to hold oneself opposite to 2. (by implication) adhere to

How many times is antechomai (ἀντέχομαι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 45 linked usages for Strong's G472 across 23 books.

Where can I study antechomai (ἀντέχομαι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G472 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate antechomai (ἀντέχομαι)?

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

Does Strong's G472 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 33 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G472, with linked reader references where each row is available.