# G2722 κατέχω

κατέχω (katéchō), Strong’s G2722: to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively) KJV: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on……

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

KJV: have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on…

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [ἔχω échō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2192) (to hold)

Occurs 65 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 4:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/4?v=42) — When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and…
- [Luke 8:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/8?v=15) — Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly…
- [Luke 14:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/14?v=9) — and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame…
- [Acts 27:40](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=40) — Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail…
- [Romans 1:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/1?v=18) — For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth…
- [Romans 7:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/7?v=6) — But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of…
- [1 Corinthians 7:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/7?v=30) — and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who…
- [1 Corinthians 11:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/11?v=2) — Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them…
- [1 Corinthians 15:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/15?v=2) — by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
- [2 Corinthians 6:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/6?v=10) — as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.