Definition

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

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Where the KJV renders it

• have
• hold (fast)
• keep (in memory)
• let
• X make toward
• possess
• retain
• seize on
• stay
• take
• withhold

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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