συνέχω synéchō
Meaning
to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy
In the King James Version: constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G2192 (ἔχω);
Where it is used
- Matthew 4:24 News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.
- Luke 4:38 After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
- Luke 8:37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- Luke 8:45 “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
- Luke 12:50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
- Luke 19:43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.
- Luke 22:63 The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
- Acts 7:57 At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
- Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 28:8 The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
- Philippians 1:23 I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.