G2697: κατάσχεσις
katáschesis · “possession”
Definition
a holding down, i.e. occupancy
KJV translates it as: possession
Word origin: from G2722 (κατέχω);
Extended 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)
(κατέχω), [in LXX nearly always for אֲחֻזָּה ]
1. a holding back.
2. LXX and NT, a holding fast, possession: Act.7:5, 45.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2697 is translated
- a possession ×1
- taking possession ×1
Bible verses with G2697 (katáschesis)
Katáschesis appears in 2 verses.
- Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Acts 7:45
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;