Kataschesis κατάσχεσις

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Kataschesis
κατάσχεσις
Transliterationkataschesis
Strong's numberG2697
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosspossession
Occurrences2 in 2 verses

Kataschesis (Greek κατάσχεσις, Strong's G2697) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “possession”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κατά-σχεσις, -εως, ἡ
(κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ]
1. a holding back.
2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpossession (2)
BSBpossession (1), they dispossessed (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kataschesis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Acts

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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