Definition

to use strength, i.e. seize or retain (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G2904 (κράτος);

Where the KJV renders it

• hold (by
• fast)
• keep
• lay hand (hold) on
• obtain
• retain
• take (by)

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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