G1907
G1907 — ἐπέχω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
epecho (ep-ekh'-o) v.
1. to hold upon
2. (by implication) to retain
3. (by extension) to detain
4. (with implication) to pay attention to
{with implication, G3563 is implied}
[from G1909 and G2192]
KJV: give (take) heed unto, hold forth, mark, stay
Root(s): G1909, G2192
See also: G3563
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
give (take) heed unto, hold forth, mark, stay
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπέχω; imperfect ἐπειχον; 2 aorist ἐπέσχον;
1. to have or hold upon, apply: namely, τόν νοῦν, to observe, attend to, followed by an indirect question, Luk 14:7; τίνι, dative of person, to give attention to one, Act 3:5; 1Ti 4:16 (with the dative of a thing, Sir 31:2 (Sir 34:2); 2Ma 9:25; Polybius 3, 43, 2, etc.; fully ὀφθαλμόν τίνι, Lucian, dial. Mar 1:1-45; Mar 2:1-28).
2. to hold toward, hold forth, present: λόγον ζωῆς, as a light, by which illumined ye are the lights of the world, Php 2:16 (others besides, cf. Meyer or Ellicott at the passage).
3. to check ((cf. English hold up), German anhalten): namely, ἐμαυτόν, to delay, stop, stay, Act 19:22, and in Greek writings from Homer down; (cf. Winers Grammar, § 38, 1; Buttmann, 144 (126); Fritzsche on Sir 5:1).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπέχω (give (take) heed unto)
Luke 14:7
- KJV: And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms saying unto them
- GK: έλεγε δε προς τους κεκλημένους παραβολήν επέχων πως τας πρωτοκλισίας εξελέγοντο λέγων προς αυτούς
Acts 3:5
- KJV: And he gave heed unto them expecting to receive something of them
- GK: ο δε επείχεν αυτοίς προσδοκών τι παρ΄ αυτών λαβείν
Acts 19:22
- KJV: So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him Timotheus and Erastus but he himself stayed in Asia for a season
- GK: αποστείλας δε εις την Μακεδονίαν δύο των διακονούντων αυτώ Τιμόθεον και Έραστον αυτός επέσχε χρόνον εις την Ασίαν
Philippians 2:16
- KJV: Holding forth the word of life that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain neither laboured in vain
- GK: λόγον ζωής επέχοντες εις καύχημα εμοί εις ημέραν χριστού ότι ουκ εις κενόν έδραμον ουδέ εις κενόν εκοπίασα
1 Timothy 4:16
- KJV: Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine continue in them for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee
- GK: επέχε σεαυτώ και τη διδασκαλία επίμενε αυτοίς τούτο γαρ ποιών και σεαυτόν σώσεις και τους ακούοντάς σου