Definition

to hold upon, i.e. (by implication) to retain; (by extension) to detain; (with implication, of G3563 (νοῦς)) to pay attention to

Etymology

from G1909 (ἐπί) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• give (take) heed unto
• hold forth
• mark
• stay

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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