κατέχω katéchō

Meaning

to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)

In the King James Version: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold

Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Where it is used

• Luke 4:42 At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
• Luke 8:15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
• Luke 14:9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
• John 5:4 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 Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.
• Romans 1:18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
• Romans 7:6 But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
• 1 Corinthians 7:30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
• 1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
• 1 Corinthians 15:2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
• 2 Corinthians 6:10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:6 And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.
• Philemon 1:13 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.
• Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
• Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
• Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.